While trying to install CM9 onto my phone using instructions given here
Install CM-9 Stable Release
I accidentally forgot to put in the required files into my sd card before starting with the rest of the process.
Now, I'm stuck in a CWM bootloop with no way to put in a kernel file to flash.
I tried mounting a flash drive as an external USB storage. But apparently, that doesn't work in CWM as of now. I'm running v5.5.0.4
So, to summarise, I'm stuck in CWM with no external storage to rely on and no knowledge of how to push in files to my internal memory. Any help whatsoever would be greatly appreciated!
Fix your phone via sus or pc companion first
But I'm unable to boot. What good would either of these 2 do me?
Have you unlocked your bootloader? Fixing via sus or pc companion will boot up your phone
Use flashtool to flash one of the stock roms to get it back to stock and go from there
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In cwm go to mount sdcard connect phone to pc it will recognize sd card
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creative_md said:
In cwm go to mount sdcard connect phone to pc it will recognize sd card
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I got that problem solved, but on trying to flash cm-9, there've been a new set of errors encountered.
I find no option called mount /sdcard
only unmount....
Any help please??
CM-9 Stuck at BootScreen
karthik_hp_1992 said:
I got that problem solved, but on trying to flash cm-9, there've been a new set of errors encountered.
I find no option called mount /sdcard
only unmount....
Any help please??
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Unmount it first, then mount.
What specific problem you have right now? If you experienced bootloop that means you didn't wiped dalvik cache before installing your new ROM. Wiped it first.
rhogz said:
Unmount it first, then mount.
What specific problem you have right now? If you experienced bootloop that means you didn't wiped dalvik cache before installing your new ROM. Wiped it first.
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I'll try that now itself. Thanks !
I wiped system, cache and dalvik cache before proceeding.
Did you flash kernel required bcoz ics requires ics kernel. So flash it first then rom and bhai press thanks button instead of writing it
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I'd really appreciate some help guys, I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find answers.
I had Cyanogen Mod 9 rooted on my phone, however, I decided to install Omega instead, I installed it but I can't get on it! Everytime I install zip and reboot, it goes back to CWM Recovery!
The procedure was:
-deleted all files in internal SD
-Reboot into CWM Recovery
-Wipe data,cache,dalvik
-install zip from sd card
and now im stuck
Please help, and apologies if any noob mistakes were made
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I'd really appreciate some help guys, I've searched everywhere but can't seem to find answers.
I had Cyanogen Mod 9 rooted on my phone, however, I decided to install Omega instead, I installed it but I can't get on it! Everytime I install zip and reboot, it goes back to CWM Recovery!
The procedure was:
-deleted all files in internal SD
-Reboot into CWM Recovery
-Wipe data,cache,dalvik
-install zip from sd card
and now im stuck
Please help, and apologies if any noob mistakes were made
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You'll lose all your data but do a factory reset and wipe your system in addition to what you've already done and re flash the rom. FYI always have a nandroid backup around before flashing. It's time consuming but saves you a lot of grief in the long run
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demondor said:
You'll lose all your data but do a factory reset and wipe your system in addition to what you've already done and re flash the rom. FYI always have a nandroid backup around before flashing. It's time consuming but saves you a lot of grief in the long run
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How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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Factory reset(wipe) is an option in cwm(3rd from above) wipe and reflash the rom and let it boot,this can take 10min
1st check md5 .. it will show u wether its bad download or nt ... and then do this
go into cwm and to wipe data\factory reset wipe cache wipe dalvik and insll rom ..
omega 10 is up so better try omega 10 as its new rom :
hisee said:
1st check md5 .. it will show u wether its bad download or nt ... and then do this
go into cwm and to wipe data\factory reset wipe cache wipe dalvik and insll rom ..
omega 10 is up so better try omega 10 as its new rom :
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I don't know how to check md5, but I already did the wipes and resintall several times, it still loops back into Recovery mode everytime
Cupuffy said:
How do I do a factory reset? My phone is on loop and boots up only into CWM Recovery, should i re download stock firmware and odin it into my phone? thank you so much for helping out
I don't have much on my phone so i didnt back up =[ what a mistake
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Factory reset is on the main Cwm screen. You can wipe system through the 'mounts and storage' option
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Factory reset is on the main Cwm screen. You can wipe system through the 'mounts and storage' option
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Thanks, I've tried it just now and its still not working...
As said above, maybe the download is damaged, redownload and flash.. Good luck..
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As said above, maybe the download is damaged, redownload and flash.. Good luck..
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How would put it into my internal SD if I can't transfer the file because I can only boot into Recovery or Download mode? Do I just Odin it straight in via the PDA option?
If you connect your phone with the PC while in recovery you should be able to use adb commands
Put the rom file into the adb folder than try
Code:
adb devices
now you should see any cryptic combination of letters and numbers in the next row
(if you see a empty row... that wouldn't be nice^^)
then do:
Code:
adb push yourromfile.zip /sdcard/yourromfile.zip
than try flashing again the new file
dont forget to do a full wipe, cache wipe, dalvik wipe, the common procedure^^
PS:
If you don't know about adb, it is installed with the android sdk, but you can download it seperately
place the ADB folder somewhere on you system hd, maybe directly to C:\
the open cmd and type
cd C:\ADB\
now you're able to use the above commands
You can put it on an external sd and flash it from there...
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Thank you, all of you... I will try this tomorrow and tell you guys how it goes!
Thank you so much EVERYONE, It all worked out, seems like the original file was corrupted, now running omega 10 smoothly!!!!!!!
Hi All,
i think i just softbricked my S3. i was running Omega rom 33.2 and found the phone was unstable. Hence i wiped data, factory reset, clear dalvik cache and etc. after flashing the rom, it got stucked at samsung boot screen.
i even tried to reflash the rom but still failed to boot up. after that i decided to flash stock rom using Odin (I9300ZSDLK2). it managed to boot in but then it got stucked at recovery (failed to mount /system (Invalid argument). i thought it could be something wrong with the /system, i then flash CWM to format /system. obvious i wont be asking for help if that step succeeded. i basically got pawned because i am not able to mount /system. anybody can help me?
Have you tried flashing your nandroid backup that you'll have made at one time before flashing a ROM?
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Have you tried flashing your nandroid backup that you'll have made at one time before flashing a ROM?
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no backup. i think nandroid restore wont help also because of /system is dead. i need to solve /system mounting issue.
Try full format then flash a stock firmware package in Odin.
Go into mounts and storage and format: System, data, cache and internal SD if you have it backed up.
Then re flash stock firmware, this has got me out of soft bricks lots of times.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Try full format then flash a stock firmware package in Odin.
Go into mounts and storage and format: System, data, cache and internal SD if you have it backed up.
Then re flash stock firmware, this has got me out of soft bricks lots of times.
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Unfortunately it still won't work. I have decided to send back to sc but before that I need to find a way to completely kill my phone. Meaning no download or recovery mode. Anyway thanks for your help.
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c010 said:
Unfortunately it still won't work. I have decided to send back to sc but before that I need to find a way to completely kill my phone. Meaning no download or recovery mode. Anyway thanks for your help.
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If you are able to get into download mode, you can try flashing a PIT file. It will either really brick your phone or fix it. Search for the PIT file in the forums.
Remember when u flash a rom with pit file u need to tick repatition in odin..
But only do THIS in your case,never do it otherwise..
Good luck
so my friend has a rooted razr on gb 2.3.(6?) and he installed bootstrap (?) recovery to try and flash a gb rom, arctic rom i believe it was. he went to recovery, choce wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and flash zip from sd card and he flashed the rom, but now hes telling me that the rom stayed stuck on the splash screen, so he went back to recovery and he now has only 4 options: reboot, update from sd card, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.... hes pretty lost and tbh ive never messed with a motorola in my life, im htc 4 life xD but anyways id appreciate it if anyone could chime in and help out. thanks in advanced!
Thanks Luisito,
Luisit0 said:
so my friend has a rooted razr on gb 2.3.(6?) and he installed bootstrap (?) recovery to try and flash a gb rom, arctic rom i believe it was. he went to recovery, choce wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition and flash zip from sd card and he flashed the rom, but now hes telling me that the rom stayed stuck on the splash screen, so he went back to recovery and he now has only 4 options: reboot, update from sd card, wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache.... hes pretty lost and tbh ive never messed with a motorola in my life, im htc 4 life xD but anyways id appreciate it if anyone could chime in and help out. thanks in advanced!
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Its my phone Btw and yeah it is gb 2.3.5, btw ive tried some steps i found around in some forums, and none worked so please help me with this issue! Thanks!
Basic recovery comes with those 4 options only so nothing is lost...only CWM has more options
Now...don't ever do a factory reset and wiping cache before installing new rom...when you install a new rom it itself formats them
Again...CUT your rom from sd card to computer and again copy it to your sd card....SAFELY REMOVE and again choose apply update from sd card
If this too didn't work...download a new rom and follow what I've said
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coolprateek.kumar said:
Basic recovery comes with those 4 options only so nothing is lost...only CWM has more options
Now...don't ever do a factory reset and wiping cache before installing new rom...when you install a new rom it itself formats them
Again...CUT your rom from sd card to computer and again copy it to your sd card....SAFELY REMOVE and again choose apply update from sd card
If this too didn't work...download a new rom and follow what I've said
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ok so my friend tried to flash the rom again without formating anything aswell as flashing other roms, but all give him the same error:
E:signature failed
Luisit0 said:
ok so my friend tried to flash the rom again without formating anything aswell as flashing other roms, but all give him the same error:
E:signature failed
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Then install cwm...it has option to disable signature verification
It seems that your friend's phone is configured to install only official roms
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coolprateek.kumar said:
Then install cwm...it has option to disable signature verification
It seems that your friend's phone is configured to install only official roms
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aah ok, so how exactly should he install cwm, being that hes unable to boot? is there a guide maybe?
Luisit0 said:
aah ok, so how exactly should he install cwm, being that hes unable to boot? is there a guide maybe?
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There are 2 ways of installing....1 by flashing cwm 2. By installing via pc
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There are 2 ways of installing....1 by flashing cwm 2. By installing via pc
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ahh okk, so could u maybe link me to these methods?
Luisit0 said:
ahh okk, so could u maybe link me to these methods?
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Search for your device in forums
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Ummm,,,
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I already did, and almost nothing appeared, btw, i guess i cant do it via pc cause i got no options to mount or make my pc recognize it and i guess i should flash but how i will do it withour the install zip from sd option?
Anqeel said:
I already did, and almost nothing appeared, btw, i guess i cant do it via pc cause i got no options to mount or make my pc recognize it and i guess i should flash but how i will do it withour the install zip from sd option?
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You can still use apply update from sd card for CWM
but for pc try moborobo...its a pc suite and installs drivers of most phones...see if it works
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I't all started when i tried to install a custom rom (Zelly Cream to be exact) on my xperia neo. Before installing it, i first rooted it with a locked bootloader and all was fine. Then i proceeded to install the custom rom. Before installing it, i -
1. Wipe data/factory reset.
2. Wipe cache partition.
3. Wipe dalvic cache under advanced menu.
4. Wipe battery stats under advanced menu.
5. Format data under mount and storage menu.
6. Format system under mount and storage menu.
7. Format cache under mount and storage menu.
8. Install zip from sd card.
Then i entered aroma installer and all was fine until the first boot when it just went to the sony boot screen and it would just bootloop from there.The main problem is that i cant get into recovery even though how mush i try. I made a nandroid backup before doing all of this and i wish to restore this backup. I am new to all of this stuff so please PLEASE help. I don't know what to do. BTW flashtool would just say device disconnected when i connected the phone to it. I'm running ics 4.0.4. Thanks in advance..
Shaarven said:
I't all started when i tried to install a custom rom (Zelly Cream to be exact) on my xperia neo. Before installing it, i first rooted it with a locked bootloader and all was fine. Then i proceeded to install the custom rom. Before installing it, i -
1. Wipe data/factory reset.
2. Wipe cache partition.
3. Wipe dalvic cache under advanced menu.
4. Wipe battery stats under advanced menu.
5. Format data under mount and storage menu.
6. Format system under mount and storage menu.
7. Format cache under mount and storage menu.
8. Install zip from sd card.
Then i entered aroma installer and all was fine until the first boot when it just went to the sony boot screen and it would just bootloop from there.The main problem is that i cant get into recovery even though how mush i try. I made a nandroid backup before doing all of this and i wish to restore this backup. I am new to all of this stuff so please PLEASE help. I don't know what to do. BTW flashtool would just say device disconnected when i connected the phone to it. I'm running ics 4.0.4. Thanks in advance..
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You needed to flash mt11i stock firmware to increase system partition size... And cwm is gone since you formatted system... Now You can flash with Flashtool to get back to stock which you seem to have problems with... Try SEUS...
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Tried SEUS
Thanks for the reply. Just as you said, i tried seus but i couldn't enter fastboot mode. Everytime when i press the back button and connect the phone to the pc, it would just boot up into sony boot logo and bootloop from there...
My Bad
My bad. I was doing it the wrong way to boot up in fastboot. Now i can finally try seus. Thanks again for the reply:silly:
Just a correction... That will be flash mode...
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O sorry. Btw, if i want to flash a custom rom, i'll have to go from MT15i firmware to mt11i firmware right...
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O sorry. Btw, if i want to flash a custom rom, i'll have to go from MT15i firmware to mt11i firmware right...
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Yeah by excluding simlock, fota & kernel..
So seus worked? Phone boots?
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Attitude.SSJ said:
So seus worked? Phone boots?
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YES
Thanks a lot man, it really helped. You made my day up... Thanks again man..
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Today my battery was drained and i tried to start the phone couple of times.. then i set it for charging.
Now when i try to start the phone then i am stuck at Mobistar boot stage...
any ideas how to solve this problem?
I did wipe / cache, partition cache from cwm recovery
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Today my battery was drained and i tried to start the phone couple of times.. then i set it for charging.
Now when i try to start the phone then i am stuck at Mobistar boot stage...
any ideas how to solve this problem?
I did wipe / cache, partition cache from cwm recovery
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Can you boot to recovery?
If yes, then flash the stock ROM again from your previous backup.
If you cannot boot to recovery, then you may need to flash the recovery again.
Generally all phones support a download mode. I don't know about yours. But the procedure is to keep the image file on the root folder of the sd card which has a specific name. The phone looks for it and automatically flashes it. If there is no sdcard support then you do this by connecting your phone via USB & another software (such as ODIN in Samsung).
Ravi.
grtbhl said:
Can you boot to recovery?
If yes, then flash the stock ROM again from your previous backup.
If you cannot boot to recovery, then you may need to flash the recovery again.
Generally all phones support a download mode. I don't know about yours. But the procedure is to keep the image file on the root folder of the sd card which has a specific name. The phone looks for it and automatically flashes it. If there is no sdcard support then you do this by connecting your phone via USB & another software (such as ODIN in Samsung).
Ravi.
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I can boot to recovery, but flashing or doing a factory reset will result in data loss... which I am not very keen because there are few imp data in my mobile..
Remove SIM.
Reboot.
If Rom boots successfully, power off and replace Sim. Then Rom will boot successfully. It is only the initial boot that is problematic.
It is a known problem with ICS Roms and I have faced this issue couple of times.
Ravi.
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tried by removing sim.. still stuck at boot
grtbhl said:
Remove SIM.
Reboot.
If Rom boots successfully, power off and replace Sim. Then Rom will boot successfully. It is only the initial boot that is problematic.
It is a known problem with ICS Roms and I have faced this issue couple of times.
Ravi.
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Out of ideas now.
Other than restoring from backup, I don't know any other way.
If you have a backup, it would be worth trying a reset to see if you can get to boot. You can retore individual data later.
If your device was configured to back up your apps and settings to your google account, then your data will be automatically synchronized and you won't lose anything.
It seems like a failed flash of the Rom to me.
Ravi.
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It seems like a failed flash of the Rom to me.
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this is not because of failed flash of rom.. because i flashed rom 6 months back..
something got screwed up when i tried starting the mobile when battery was completely drained..
anyways thanks for your efforts
Try a different battery if possible.
Ravi.
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Moreover, I have partitioned my sd card and made 1 GB of it as internal memory...
now all those partitions will be lost... Damn f**** you android
Remove sd card and try to reboot. Maybe the sd card is corrupt and nnot mounting.
Ravi.
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