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I'm running rooted ICS on my SGS2, have had no problem with it and have been running it for a while without any further modifications, however last night the battery went completely flat on me which hasn't happened before and after fully charging the phone, when I turn it back on it goes into a crash loop - That is no applications will start, and the screen is non responsive, then it closes TWLauncher and restarts the on screen apps again. For a few seconds the screen is responsive but whichever app I click on just says it has crashed. I can't even get it to display the Power off/reboot menu. After several cycles of this the phone completely resets.
I've removed the battery and attempted to get it into CWM but the screen just goes black when it should show CWM and then restarts after a few seconds.
Can someone please help me as I can't use my phone
I've managed to get into CWM - Backed up and then cleared cache & dalvik cache.
It went through it's "Android is upgrading" process and came up looking hopeful (Loaded a few extra bits) but then reset and is doing the exact same thing again
Any further ideas?
Factory wipe, if that fails, flash your stock ROM from odin assuming you can get onto download mode?
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B97 said:
Factory wipe, if that fails, flash your stock ROM from odin assuming you can get onto download mode?
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I was hoping that would be a plan F. I wanted to try plans B>E first if possible.
Edit: Is it possible to backup with CWM the "SD Card" section as I have no other way of backing up it's contents and would like to keep them (Photo's etc.).
acecombat said:
I was hoping that would be a plan F. I wanted to try plans B>E first if possible.
Edit: Is it possible to backup with CWM the "SD Card" section as I have no other way of backing up it's contents and would like to keep them (Photo's etc.).
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wipe data, cache and dalvik cache and reboot. wiping data will not delete contents of ur sdcard.if that doesn't help copy rom files into external card and flash rom from external card by full wipe.
If your CWM recovery support usb mass storage mode, copy ur rom flashable zip into /sdcard, wipe data, wipe cache, then install zip. You should at least able to boot successfully, though all your contact, sms, apps will be gone.
Hey guys I get "Android is Updating" "Optimizing Apps" Window on Every Boot, just for a Few Seconds, It didn't use to do this, has anyone experienced this, I'm Running Hydra-H2o ROM and Siyah Kernel?
UPDATE, SOLVED, Thanks to SoLoR1 for the "Fix"
SoLoR1 said:
I found out what caused this message for me... It was Titanium Backup odex file. So you can do two things, you can remove and then install again Titanium Backup or go in to /data/app and remove TB odex file and reboot phone....
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Mine only does this when I install a new app to the /system directory and reboot. As you said it only lasts a few seconds, nothing to get worried about.
Chris.
Sounds like it's a boot animation.
OP, does the "Android is Upgrading" occur after the boot animation or as part of the boot animation? I doubt it is a boot animation as I have had it before, and it is standard, just not after every boot. Are you changing something in the /system/app directory or flashing a new mod? These would trigger an "Android is Upgrading" message.
Chris.
Some form of zip align/ optimise at boot
Check your roms specifications .
With 42 posts you can ask in the rom thread .
jje
It could be your cache or delvik cache is being cleared. Do you have something like a cleanup cache program running.
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First I want to thank everyone for your prompt replies it's nice to see how helpful this community is!
themadba said:
Mine only does this when I install a new app to the /system directory and reboot. As you said it only lasts a few seconds, nothing to get worried about.
Chris.
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It does it every time, I'm not worried I'm Annoyed LOL
ctomgee said:
Sounds like it's a boot animation.
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it's not boot animation
themadba said:
OP, does the "Android is Upgrading" occur after the boot animation or as part of the boot animation? I doubt it is a boot animation as I have had it before, and it is standard, just not after every boot. Are you changing something in the /system/app directory or flashing a new mod? These would trigger an "Android is Upgrading" message.
Chris.
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It ALWAYS occurs after, I've only changed the Launcher in system/app dir could that be it?
JJEgan said:
Some form of zip align/ optimise at boot
Check your roms specifications .
With 42 posts you can ask in the rom thread .
jje
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Hydra-H2o is Zipaligned could that be it?
bored_stupid said:
It could be your cache or delvik cache is being cleared. Do you have something like a cleanup cache program running.
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I've wiped all caches, it still does it...
Try to install ultimate kernel cleaning script before you flash the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363738.
RGNDI said:
First I want to thank everyone for your prompt replies it's nice to see how helpful this community is!
It does it every time, I'm not worried I'm Annoyed LOL
it's not boot animation
It ALWAYS occurs after, I've only changed the Launcher in system/app dir could that be it?
Hydra-H2o is Zipaligned could that be it?
I've wiped all caches, it still does it...
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Thats what im talking about, when I wipe cache/delvik cache and when I reboot, the phone as to rebuild the delvik cache, hence andriod is upgrading. Never did it under gingerbread but i think its par of the course for ICS.
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davidsgs23 said:
Try to install ultimate kernel cleaning script before you flash the rom.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363738.
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I have it and I've Used it , but will give it another try, now that Siyah 3.2.3 is out!
Tried it super script and flash new kernel, didn't work, will try when the new rom is out
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It isn't the dalvik cache being rebuilt that causes the "Android is Upgrading" because I just wiped my davlik cache as a test, and just a longer boot animation. I see that Hydra H2O is also an AOKP based ROM, like HydrogenICS, so I don't know, depends on the build version. Anyway, nothing to get annoyed about either. Just post on the developer's thread and see if anyone else has the same problem. Also, it isn't kernel related because I use Siyah Kernel too.
Chris.
I have same issue.... on every boot i get "Android is upgrading" window with Starting applications, i dont get any Optimizing applications, just Starting... for a sec or two... Didnt find the solution yet i also went and reflash same rom over with no success, only thing i didnt do is format /data partition since i cant be bothered to install all apps again....
edit: i found this since im runing stock XWLP9 with siyah krnel it might be it... however im sure i didnt have it few days ago...
SoLoR1 said:
I have same issue.... on every boot i get "Android is upgrading" window with Starting applications, i dont get any Optimizing applications, just Starting... for a sec or two... Didnt find the solution yet i also went and reflash same rom over with no success, only thing i didnt do is format /data partition since i cant be bothered to install all apps again....
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Just found this. It does including optimising applications, but I think it gets to the point. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365133&highlight=upgrading
Chris.
The thing is it didn't do it when it I did the clean install, it did it after the phone was completely set up...
Had a good think about this. Back in the days when we were all on gingerbread. We would install a new firmware and have to wait 10-20 mins for first boot," building the delvik cache, etc ". Prompting some noobs to think they were in a bootloop and pull the battery. ICS boots faster after first install," building aplication list, delvik cache, etc", can remember it stopping have way through to ask for data roaming to be enabled. After that, whenever we clear cache/delvik cache then reboot, it has to rebuild cache again. Only this time as a Andriod is upgrading message.
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I found out what caused this message for me... It was Titanium Backup odex file. So you can do two things, you can remove and then install again Titanium Backup or go in to /data/app and remove TB odex file and reboot phone....
SoLoR1 said:
I found out what caused this message for me... It was Titanium Backup odex file. So you can do two things, you can remove and then install again Titanium Backup or go in to /data/app and remove TB odex file and reboot phone....
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Dude you rock, I had a hunch it could be Ti but never did actually do anything I uninstalled it and installed it again worked like a charm
SOLVED!
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Just FYI : This can be caused by modified ODEX files (maybe you've used some sort of patcher to remove ads, etc...) Simply remove all the modified ODEX files and you're done.
cyber9940 said:
Just FYI : This can be caused by modified ODEX files (maybe you've used some sort of patcher to remove ads, etc...) Simply remove all the modified ODEX files and you're done.
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Where do I find the ODEX files exactly?
I'm having the exact same problem - I get "Android is upgrading - starting applications" every time I boot my phone. I've got a Galaxy S I9000 running CM9 stable I haven't modified any ODEX files (not that I'm aware of). I just uninstalled Titanium Backup but I'm still getting the same message.
I tried to locate the ODEX files using ES File Explorer but I can't find them. More specifically, I can see all the .odex files for the system apps within the /system/apps folder (I don't think I should touch those though, right?) - but when I go to the /data/app folder to look for the user-installed apps, there are only .apk files in there and no .odex files at all. Are they kept somewhere else?
And if I do find where they are kept, then what? Should I just delete all of them? Is that safe?
Something strange happened to my S3 after a simple reboot I noticed that some app have been removed so I decided to clean my phone on the way.
I made a full wipe + everything you can think of to clean, delete, format the phone but after I install the rom I can still see my apps in the application manager and I can't get rid of them even if I uninstall them through the application manager the come back after a restart.
I tried 2 different roms but it happens on both of them, both are xxDLIB .
How to fix that?
pls help me
AriHell said:
Something strange happened to my S3 after a simple reboot I noticed that some app have been removed so I decided to clean my phone on the way.
I made a full wipe + everything you can think of to clean, delete, format the phone but after I install the rom I can still see my apps in the application manager and I can't get rid of them even if I uninstall them through the application manager the come back after a restart.
I tried 2 different roms but it happens on both of them, both are xxDLIB .
How to fix that?
pls help me
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Try the SuperWipe from "Android Revolution HD" here --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797334
Be careful, this will erase everything that is not on your external SD-card. Read the instruction first.
AriHell said:
Something strange happened to my S3 after a simple reboot I noticed that some app have been removed so I decided to clean my phone on the way.
I made a full wipe + everything you can think of to clean, delete, format the phone but after I install the rom I can still see my apps in the application manager and I can't get rid of them even if I uninstall them through the application manager the come back after a restart.
I tried 2 different roms but it happens on both of them, both are xxDLIB .
How to fix that?
pls help me
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Are the apps system apps perchance? A wipe of data WILL wipe all user installed apps, the full wipe script alluded to doesn't do anything that you can't do manually from recovery.
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So you did a full whipe but did you do also a factory reset?
AriHell said:
Something strange happened to my S3 after a simple reboot I noticed that some app have been removed so I decided to clean my phone on the way.
I made a full wipe + everything you can think of to clean, delete, format the phone but after I install the rom I can still see my apps in the application manager and I can't get rid of them even if I uninstall them through the application manager the come back after a restart.
I tried 2 different roms but it happens on both of them, both are xxDLIB .
How to fix that?
pls help me
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Sure the apps aren't part of the ROM. Depends on what the dev has cooked into it.
Sure you're doing a full wipe vs wiping caches only.
Could also be syncing to your Google account meaning when you launch play store it automatically detects your market links and reinstalls previously installed apps
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CWM Recovery mounts and storage FORMAT system cache data and preload .
That fails wipe internal sd card .
jje
explanation
I think I didn't explained my self right, these apps are "user" apps downloaded from Play store.
things I did before installing the rom:
1. factory reset from setting.
from cwm:
2. wipe data/factory reset
3. wipe cache partition
4. wipe dalvik-cache
5. wipe battery stats
5. format /cache
/system
/data
/preload
/sdcard
* also I removed the external sd.
but still I have these app "ghosts"
Then i suggest as per previous replies to the same question you are auto downloading from Google play after installing a rom .
jje
JJEgan said:
Then i suggest as per previous replies to the same question you are auto downloading from Google play after installing a rom .
jje
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I disabled wifi/data and sync when it ask for a wifi connection (at the openning screen of the new rom) so there is no way it somehow sync with play store.
you can see below what I mean by saying "ghosts"
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AriHell said:
I disabled wifi/data and sync when it ask for a wifi connection (at the openning screen of the new rom) so there is no way it somehow sync with play store.
you can see below what I mean by saying "ghosts"
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I wonder what kind of apps behaving so stubborn and weird. Mind sharing the apps name?
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Well.. I don't think it happening because of the app, any way here are some names (from the picture above)
google chrome
betterbatterystats
aide
sdtools
and many other
What rom are you using?
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I tried Omega, HyperGalaxy and WanamLite
Could possibly be a problem with your CWM installation or any dependencies such as ?busybox
Ok so I installed Samsung 4.1.1 stock rom and reinstalled CWM and afterwards install Omega rom and it worked!!!
Clean Rom Install
Many people don't exactly know what a Data Wipe / Factory reset is. NO it does not delete "all" your data on Internal SD-Card. It Deletes all you user data and settings and stuff, like it says it formats "system". For Example if you Full wipe you loose Whatsapp, but the Whatsapp folder on your internal SD-Card remains untouched, that means you can restore your Conversations with ease. This means you can cause a huge mess on your internal SD-Card over time. This is my way how to do a CLEAN install. Doing this prevents many unwanted issues like Bootloops, FC's and all those other nasty laggy ****.
1. Put new rom on EXTERNAL SD Card (if slot available)
2. Data Wipe / Factory Reset
3. Wipe Cache
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Format Internal SD card
6. Install Rom and enjoy
Keeping your personal Data on your external SD-Card is a good idea (pics, music, vids , docs ...)
[You can do this even if you don't have an ext. SD-Slot. After "cleaning" your device mount USB-Storage in CWM Recoery and you can connect to pc and pull over your rom. ]
And this is probably one of the best ways to do a clean install without aditional Scripts like superwipe or other "flashy" stuff. (DO NOT USE THOSE SCRIPTS UNLESS THEY ARE IN AN INSTALLATION GUIDE)
One addition to above format/preload as well .
jje
Hi guys, I'm new to this Forum
Actually, Im having this problem…
It all about my font ..
I was using the fonts from settings > display > font … but then I thought of changing a newer font, and so I downloaded “Font Installer”
I didn’t read the instructions carefully before I download and install…It says **Backup first before you do anything**, and so, I install the font and it change my browser’s font and the folder font (like when you create a folder, it will show you how many app you have in the folder, it changed the numbers too)
I wanted to change it back to my original font but it wouldn’t let me anymore, I downloaded other fonts but it still doesn’t work..
My friend told me the original font for S2 ICS is [Roboto-regular.ttf]…
So, I try and try and try, finally, it allows me to change the font and it ask me to reboot.
Okay, I reboot my phone, then the phone starts and keep on loading at the “S Samsung Galaxy S II Logo’ and I wait and wait, it still doesn’t do anything..
Im thinking of my phone was BRICKED..Then I ask my friend straight away about it…What he told me was it is just “BootLoop” (not sure what is that)…
He ask me to do these steps..
1. Volume Up + Home Button + Power Button
2. It then directs me to CWM, It gave me 6/7 choices… (reboot system, wipe data, wipe cache and few more)
3. 1st I click reboot system (still doesn’t do anything), then 2nd I click wipe cache ( click yes and then I click reboot system again), not working also…
4. then my friend ask me to clear dvcache and clear all data, he say it will lose everything…
What should I do now ?
I've saved my contacts in my SIM..gallery, apps doesn't care anymore..
If so, do i need to reformat my phone ?
It won't help you so don't wipe
Install this zip in CWM:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vxr31vug9gdrsw/JellyBean-Font-Flash-fixed.zip
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can you explain a little bit more about this thing ?
sorry, im really new to rooting stuffs..
what will it do ?
and i cant even start my phone ..
BryanChia said:
can you explain a little bit more about this thing ?
sorry, im really new to rooting stuffs..
what will it do ?
and i cant even start my phone ..
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So can you go into CWM? (Volume up+home+power). Clear the cache and dalvik cache. Then go to install zip from internal SD(depends if you put in phone storage or micro SD.). Find the file from the above and install. Then reboot. Should be fine then.
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preseodymium said:
So can you go into CWM? (Volume up+home+power). Clear the cache and dalvik cache. Then go to install zip from internal SD(depends if you put in phone storage or micro SD.). Find the file from the above and install. Then reboot. Should be fine then.
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I manage to get into CWM and I've done the wipe cache step...but for the dalvik cache(my friend told me that it will erase all your phone data files- reformat)..
If not, what does dalvik cache do ?
and i also cant connect my phone to pc /.\ zzz
BryanChia said:
I manage to get into CWM and I've done the wipe cache step...but for the dalvik cache(my friend told me that it will erase all your phone data files- reformat)..
If not, what does dalvik cache do ?
and i also cant connect my phone to pc /.\ zzz
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Dalvik cache is just for the apps data. It doesn't reformat. Its not much actually. Just that it might cause errors with you don't wipe it. Hmm. Put it in micro SD card then. Install from external SD and reboot.
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When your phone starts up, the Dalvik Virtual Machine ( Dalvik Cache) looks at all your apps and frameworks, and creates a tree of dependencies which is stored in the dalvik-cache. This allows applications to run in an optimised state (and explains why your phone takes longer to boot up after applying a new rom, it’s rebuilding the cache.)
SO when flashing new roms without wiping dalvik cache sometimes will result in Force Close issue due to Dalvik VM skipping the caching process for apps as it detected existing app cache.
To connect your phone to the computer, connect it and in CWM go to "mounts and storage" . The last option should be "mount usb storage". Then you can move the file written above
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alexct said:
When your phone starts up, the Dalvik Virtual Machine ( Dalvik Cache) looks at all your apps and frameworks, and creates a tree of dependencies which is stored in the dalvik-cache. This allows applications to run in an optimised state (and explains why your phone takes longer to boot up after applying a new rom, it’s rebuilding the cache.)
SO when flashing new roms without wiping dalvik cache sometimes will result in Force Close issue due to Dalvik VM skipping the caching process for apps as it detected existing app cache.
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Didn't know how to explain it lol
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preseodymium said:
Didn't know how to explain it lol
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preseodymium said:
Dalvik cache is just for the apps data. It doesn't reformat. Its not much actually. Just that it might cause errors with you don't wipe it. Hmm. Put it in micro SD card then. Install from external SD and reboot.
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so you mean i take my sd card out and put the thing inside and then install it from there ?
X8invisible said:
It won't help you so don't wipe
Install this zip in CWM:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3vxr31vug9gdrsw/JellyBean-Font-Flash-fixed.zip
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so how to i install this ? mind listing the steps ?
computercommuter said:
To connect your phone to the computer, connect it and in CWM go to "mounts and storage" . The last option should be "mount usb storage". Then you can move the file written above
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my pc doesn't even show up the connection...how ?
Guys, dont worry anymore, someone helped me out with the problem
*The jellybean flash doesnt work with my ICS (sorry, i didnt mention it at first)*
but after my friend tells me what to do by using this
https://www.box.com/shared/dec6a13337a23f54906c
it finally works !!!
now my phone is back to normal and my font has been changed !
anyway, you guys can now lock the thread if you want...i really hop this thread will help those people who encounters the same problem as me
I installed Prime theme with layers manager, when i rebooted, phone is bootlooping.
What can i do besides wiping everything? i REALLY dont want to restore because the backup is really outdated.
I tried deleting "theme "folder in Data/system via recovery file manager as well as the prime theme app and layayers manager folders in data/data. tried wiping cache and dalvik afterwards, no luck.
Using androind 6.0.1 nexus 6.
Help will be very appriciated.
boot into safe mode and uninstall. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397282
bablu048 said:
boot into safe mode and uninstall. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397282
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I have the same issue, i tried this but still i get stuck.
The phone does boot but once booted, the original background show (the one when you flash new) and the screen repetedly go on - off all the time without anything. Just background flashing.
I will recover from a back but it's sad ... cause the one i have is old..