For some reason, my recovery freezes every time when I'm doing something that involves wiping cache (doing a factory reset, or restoring a backup). This happens on both TWRP and CWM. Even weirder is the fact that I never had this problem before, it only started happening recently. Wondering if there is a corrupt file somewhere I should look at to troubleshoot??
I had that with twrp - my cache partition was corrupt.
Never had that with CWM Touch though, so I don't have any suggestions there.
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JasonJoel said:
I had that with twrp - my cache partition was corrupt.
Never had that with CWM Touch though, so I don't have any suggestions there.
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Thanks for the reply. Now of course my next logical question would be -- What is the solution?
Mine was to switch from twrp to CWM Touch, which formatted mine fine when twrp wouldn't. Lol. Obviously that isn't going to work for you if cwm is failing too.
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Mine is doing the same. My cache is shot too. I don't want to go back to bone stock
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drwario said:
Mine is doing the same. My cache is shot too. I don't want to go back to bone stock
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So the only way to fix this is to flash back to stock using LGNPST?
Yes. Pretty much. I don't know of any other way right now. Sucks for me as I don't use widows.
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TWRP/CWM Recovery keeps freezing when wiping cache?
drwario said:
Yes. Pretty much. I don't know of any other way right now. Sucks for me as I don't use widows.
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I am having the same issue. I LGNPST back to stock and that did not fix it. As soon as I rooted and checked it both recoveries still hang for me. I am at a loss. Any Ideas would
orvon.freeman said:
I am having the same issue. I LGNPST back to stock and that did not fix it. As soon as I rooted and checked it both recoveries still hang for me. I am at a loss. Any Ideas would
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Well that's not good... Sounds like we're screwed then, because there's not much else I can think of. :crying:
orvon.freeman said:
I am having the same issue. I LGNPST back to stock and that did not fix it. As soon as I rooted and checked it both recoveries still hang for me. I am at a loss. Any Ideas would
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Open an adb shell and do the following, give it a few minutes to complete. It'll be done when it complains about being out of space.
Code:
su
busybox dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
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trace1er said:
Well that's not good... Sounds like we're screwed then, because there's not much else I can think of. :crying:
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Which version of the recoveries ate you using? I'm using the newer version of cwm and have zero issues.
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Shelnutt2 said:
Open an adb shell and do the following, give it a few minutes to complete. It'll be done when it complains about being out of space.
Code:
su
busybox dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
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Everyone, I confirm that this fixed my problem. Just booted my phone into recovery, plugged it into my computer and ran the adb code given by Shelnutt.... Now I can wipe my cache again. So glad I didn't have to go through the trouble of reflashing to stock, THANKS!
I wonder if I can do this from the terminal on the phone itself
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I wonder if I can do this from the terminal on the phone itself
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You can, just easier to copy and paste to an adb shell
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Shelnutt2 said:
Open an adb shell and do the following, give it a few minutes to complete. It'll be done when it complains about being out of space.
Code:
su
busybox dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache
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Thanks for the solution worked from my phone fine.
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This keeps happening to me as well. It wasn't until recently when it started doing this. I was using FreeGee's version of CWM and it started doing this. Then I just switched to the touch version of CWM and it is still doing it. This just started happening yesterday if I recall correctly.
I have no idea how to run an adb shell or whatever Shellnutt said. Just googled it and they're giving me different ways. What's the easiest method for doing this?
EDIT: And I keep getting a "E:Can't open /cache/recover/log"for basically every command I do in CWM. The commands themselves still work (well, except clearing cache apparently) but all the others are working fine. So something is seriously wrong with my cache haha
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okay so I downloaded Android Terminal Emulator and typed in exactly what shellnutt said in the other post. Just booted into recovery and it wiped cache! Not sure if it was just a coincidence or I did something right lol. Either way, I'm up and running!
Trying this from the "terminal command" from twrp. It repeats the line on the screen back to me, doesn't appear to be doing anything but i'll wait. Otherwise ill try adb when i get home. Thanks shellnut.
success!
I realize that this is an old thread, but I wanted to say that shellnut's instructions (post #10) worked for me on my htc one (m7) with CM11. I had to enable root for adb for it to work first, though (Settings > Developer options > Root access > choose "Apps and ADB").
Any cache-related operations in CWM (cache wipe, factory reset, or cache backup) would take many, many minutes to complete--to the point that I thought CWM recovery had crashed/frozen. After doing what shellnut suggested, the cache backup step when doing a nandroid backup is now instantaneous, and wiping the cache only takes about 45 seconds (I guess that's the minimum time it takes to format the cache partition on my device).
Don't be nervous if you see some cache mount errors when booting into CWM recovery first time after doing the dd command. Just go ahead and "wipe cache" and the cache mount errors in CWM go away on their own after that.
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Is it an app I can download that will put me in recovery. I love flashing ,just getting aggravating to keep taking back off and pulling battery.
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Just dissable fastboot and you won't need to pull the battery
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Download "Quick Boot" from the market, that's what I use.
It will let you boot into
Recovery or Bootloader
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There are a couple apps that will take you into recovery. I'm assuming you are rooted so you could use the app called Quick Boot (its in the market ). Its pretty simple and gives you the options to power down, fast boot, boot into recovery etc.
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app called reboot manager works great. just hit recovery and it will take you strate into recovery with nothing else to do.
if you install this app, it will install a quick setting by long pressing the serch button or you can put a widget on your screen with every power/reboot option
gadget! said:
Download "Quick Boot" from the market, that's what I use.
It will let you boot into
Recovery or Bootloader
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I am so glad someone created this and found this. It has made my flashing abilities so much easier!!
+1 for Quick Boot. Was the first app I loaded after rooting.
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+1 for Quick Boot. Was the first app I loaded after rooting.
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has no one had any issues with quick boot? the first time i used it, i used it to boot into recovery (amon ra) and wipe cache/dalvik and then flashed a kernal. well, it didn't work, and i ended up having to nandroid restore. couldve been the kernal, though i have used the same kernal/rom combo countless times with no issues. that being said, i really think quick boot did something to corrupt some data. any ideas or experience with this? (evo 4g running mikg v3/anthrax kernal)
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has no one had any issues with quick boot? the first time i used it, i used it to boot into recovery (amon ra) and wipe cache/dalvik and then flashed a kernal. well, it didn't work, and i ended up having to nandroid restore. couldve been the kernal, though i have used the same kernal/rom combo countless times with no issues. that being said, i really think quick boot did something to corrupt some data. any ideas or experience with this? (evo 4g running mikg v3/anthrax kernal)
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how would the reboot app have any effect on the kernel?
atljatl said:
has no one had any issues with quick boot? the first time i used it, i used it to boot into recovery (amon ra) and wipe cache/dalvik and then flashed a kernal. well, it didn't work, and i ended up having to nandroid restore. couldve been the kernal, though i have used the same kernal/rom combo countless times with no issues. that being said, i really think quick boot did something to corrupt some data. any ideas or experience with this? (evo 4g running mikg v3/anthrax kernal)
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The app just does the equivalent of you doing an "adb reboot recovery" or choosing recovery from hboot, or anything else.
Once you're booted up running on your recovery partition, the quick settings apk file on your phone /data directory on it's phone partition aren't responsible for anything that happens.
I can assure you the issue was elsewhere!
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I can assure you the issue was elsewhere!
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Thanks. That's very reassuring.
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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.
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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.
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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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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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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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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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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
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@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.
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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.
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?
Woodrube said:
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.
Hey guys, I continually get this error message upon manually forcing my phone into recovery. I'm on UCLF5 ICS OBJECTION from btw with the latest version of cwm. I would appreciate some help with regard to what exactly it means and how I can fix it.
Also my phone won't shut down properly. The lights on the bottom buttons stay on and I have to manually force it to reboot like I do to get it into recovery. The shortcuts in the rom aren't working for me.
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Hey guys, I continually get this error message upon manually forcing my phone into recovery. I'm on UCLF5 ICS OBJECTION from btw with the latest version of cwm. I would appreciate some help with regard to what exactly it means and how I can fix it.
Also my phone won't shut down properly. The lights on the bottom buttons stay on and I have to manually force it to reboot like I do to get it into recovery. The shortcuts in the rom aren't working for me.
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I would put it into download mode and run odin or the Off ics to redo/repack your folders, then put CWM back on....idk
Just putting some ideas in, maybe the guru's will jump in on the thread...
Before nuking it like that... try going to mounts and storage and formatting cache
Although I'm not even sure that error is anything to worry about honestly...but i don't do nandroids personally so Idk for sure.
And Joe....stop quoting the op, please?
Does this error have anything to do with the CWM version being used? Its calling for the external sd card isn't it?
No it's calling on the /cache partition which is in the phone...
But it could be the cwm version, it's looking for a recovery log that it can't open.
I can't do anything with the cache. Its like it doesn't even recognize it. I noticed this when I went to throw another rom on and clear out my caches and it would just freeze. I left it for a half hour once just for the heck of it but it didn't do anything. I had to reboot the phone into recovery again.
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And I have the latest version of cmw installed.
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What will "fix permissions" do?
I would downgrade cwm, I've been using brawway's touch version since he released his latest, without issue and i think that was in April or may
And fixing permissions, makes the permissions of all apps and .jars be what they should be.
Example: apps in /system/app need rw-r-r permissions, sometimes pasting some of those in will not set them correctly, and if you're doing a bunch at a time is a real pain to go through individually and change them, so that option makes sure everything everywhere matches the permissions needed. So, not applicable in this case.
Well I managed to get another rom on anyway so I don't think its big deal now. I think I might just leave my phone alone now
The collectives 4.04 aocp rom is pretty freaking sweet lol.
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And fixing permissions, makes the permissions of all apps and .jars be what they should be.
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Thanks for the explanation.
What is the equivalent of the chkdisk dos command to make the android system rebuild the directory structure? Can you do that through a terminal emulator?
i dunno if there is one other than just reflashing
So basically just flash a new cwm over the one I have now?
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Yes
this is the version I've been using for months
If u could get it to boot. And manually set permissions for android.policy.jar that would fix the shutdown issue.
silver03wrx said:
If u could get it to boot. And manually set permissions for android.policy.jar that would fix the shutdown issue.
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Thanks, I decided to switched roms and the problem went away completely. So thats one down
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Yes
this is the version I've been using for months
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Awesome. Ok, last question. I'm assuming I can just load this onto my phone via Odin like I did my original version of cmw?
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Yeah, That or there is also a .zip that can be flashed from your current version of cwm.
If doing it that way after it flashes go to advanced option and reboot recovery, then once in the new one, clear caches and see if that fixes the issue.
Or, just use Odin then boot into recovery and wipe, either way is up to you, but seeing as how it's cwm that's the issue, i might lean towards using Odin myself... Just note that will increase your flash counter iirc, if you care.
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Yeah, That or there is also a .zip that can be flashed from your current version of cwm.
If doing it that way after it flashes go to advanced option and reboot recovery, then once in the new one, clear caches and see if that fixes the issue.
Or, just use Odin then boot into recovery and wipe, either way is up to you, but seeing as how it's cwm that's the issue, i might mean towards using Odin myself... Just note that will increase your flash counter iirc, if you care.
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Ok great. Thanks guys!
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Samsung SCHi717 OnlyOne Goldie SMS error
Has anyone else ran into the issue of the stock SMS notifications not going away? When I get a txt message, regardless of how many, it always says I have an unread message. This happened with OnlyOne HYFR and then With Goldie also. Is this a known issue, or is there a way I can just quickly correct this?
Also, I can't find anything that says how to diable the scrolling wallpapers. I wanted static wallpapers for each home/menu screen.
Any advice is appreciated.
-Bugz
bugzinc said:
Has anyone else ran into the issue of the stock SMS notifications not going away? When I get a txt message, regardless of how many, it always says I have an unread message. This happened with OnlyOne HYFR and then With Goldie also. Is this a known issue, or is there a way I can just quickly correct this?
Also, I can't find anything that says how to diable the scrolling wallpapers. I wanted static wallpapers for each home/menu screen.
Any advice is appreciated.
-Bugz
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Wrong thread.
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So out of the blue my phone starts continuously rebooting. Typically right when it gets to the point where it's loading the unlock ring. Sometimes it will get passed that where I can navigate the phone but will always reboot with 5 minutes. Going on for about 2 days now.
I s-off'd rooted a month ago with no issue until now.
I've already tried reloading the RUU and performing a factory reset, locking/unlocking the boot loader. Re s-offing with no luck.
Any ideas besides attempting a return to sprint or htc?
miediev said:
So out of the blue my phone starts continuously rebooting. Typically right when it gets to the point where it's loading the unlock ring. Sometimes it will get passed that where I can navigate the phone but will always reboot with 5 minutes. Going on for about 2 days now.
I s-off'd rooted a month ago with no issue until now.
I've already tried reloading the RUU and performing a factory reset, locking/unlocking the boot loader. Re s-offing with no luck.
Any ideas besides attempting a return to sprint or htc?
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Using a root explorer got proc/last_kmsg and save that file to your sdcard then post it here
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thicklizard said:
Using a root explorer got proc/last_kmsg and save that file to your sdcard then post it here
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How do I do that without access to the android gui?
If you are familiar with adb adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
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thicklizard said:
If you are familiar with adb adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
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I see a bunch of options when I enter that command. Not sure where to go from there.
miediev said:
I see a bunch of options when I enter that command. Not sure where to go from there.
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Do you know if it pulled that file?
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Do you know if it pulled that file?
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I searched the SD card and nothing. I'm assuming this is done in fastboot?
I only get 'Android Debug Bridge version 1.0.25', then a bunch of command options.
If you adb pulled it it would be on the your pc
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If you adb pulled it it would be on the your pc
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Nothing, it just gives me a list of adb command options. I'm doing this via cmd with the phone in fastboot, correct?
miediev said:
Nothing, it just gives me a list of adb command options. I'm doing this via cmd with the phone in fastboot, correct?
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Should be used while phone is powered on connected to a pc through cmd you should have adb debugging enabled on your phone.
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Should be used while phone is powered on connected to a pc through cmd you should have adb debugging enabled on your phone.
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Same deal. Anything else I can try?
Well that file would shed light on why it's rebooting. Since your soff have you tried re flashing a rom? Wiping everything before flashing.
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I've reflashed the RUU from Unlimited. What needs to be wiped beforehand?
miediev said:
I've reflashed the RUU from Unlimited. What needs to be wiped beforehand?
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I would go the the development thread download the stock rooted rom from the 3.16 update. Reboot into recovery wipe system, factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache. Install rom. Reboot
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Tried that...
I've done everything suggested above, but to no avail. I've tried restoring Nandroids and flashing the stock rooted ROM. None of them make it completely past the boot animation. I get about 3 sec. in, and it reboots. Any ideas? I'm truly stumped, and I REALLY don't want to go back to my back-up phone (I do love my Opti S, but still...). Can anyone help?
EDIT: I've flashed the most recent CM nightly (b/c I was on the milestone when the problems started) and that's where I get the farthest. I can get to the screen where the phone tries to turn on Wifi before it locks up and reboots. As a matter of fact, the problems started this morning when my phone wouldn't connect to Wifi or data. Could a bad wifi radio be the reason for the reboots?
Thanks!
thicklizard said:
I would go the the development thread download the stock rooted rom from the 3.16 update. Reboot into recovery wipe system, factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik cache. Install rom. Reboot
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Hmm..tried everything, still reboots. Seems like I can buy myself some time by going airplane mode and turning off NFC. Thinking this is a hardware issue.
Anyone have advice about attempting a return with Sprint or HTC with S-OFF/rooted then back to stock?
Take out your SD card, boot to recovery, wipe everything (data, system, cache, dalvik) and then flash something like cm10 and try fast boot flashing the boot.IMG from the ROM...just for the sake of trying.
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jkrlvgn said:
Take out your SD card, boot to recovery, wipe everything (data, system, cache, dalvik) and then flash something like cm10 and try fast boot flashing the boot.IMG from the ROM...just for the sake of trying.
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On CM10 now and its rockin solid so far..will update with results later.
I have a p4wifi that is stuck in a boot loop. I think the term is 'soft bricked'.
Basically, last night I turned my tab on for the first time in ages, and it all worked fine. I had rooted and flashed custom roms before (I'd been running a nightly of CyanogenMod for a long time, and it worked well), and I considered myself an expert. I updated loads of apps and stuff, and then realised I wanted a new font. I went into ROM manager and found the font I wanted, Ubuntu. It told me there was an update to ClockworkMod recovery so I wen ahead and updated it, checking the thing for Touch (I'd already bought it). That want ahead and it updated, throwing me back into the OS. I then went to get Ubuntu (I downloaded it within ROM manager), and didn't deem it necessary to create a backup, nor wipe anything. It processed it but returned an error, I though ok but never mind and I told it to reboot. Again that worked fine. I realised I was on a very old verson of CyanogenMod (probably ICS, it was around 201304). As I always do, I grabbed the latest version (again, in ROM manager), and elected to install it. I didn't wipe the delvik cache or whatever, and hit 'Reboot into recovery'. That was where the problem occurred. It wouldn't go any further than the 'Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1' boot screen (see attachment) into recovery. A similar thing happened before, but it just eventually went away after an hour or so. This has been running for a day, and there has been no progress. I've tried various key combos, like the normal way to get into recovery, but they won't work.
If I need I could find the instructions I followed, but it would be hard.
Is it completely broken? Can a save my data? Will I have to factory reset it? Will I keep my root/ClockworkMod? Will I keep my rom?
Thanks in advance to the person who can answer this
Do you have any ROM zips in your SD card? If you do, boot into recovery, full wipe and flash it. Piece of advice, don't use the recovery in ROM manager. Download pershoot's version of cwm instead in here. www.droidbasement.com
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I have a few nandroid backups, if that counts? I do have a few ROM zips on my SD card too, though. Will a full wipe delete photos etc? I'm guessing it'll get rid of the apps, but that's no problem. But how would I get into recovery? I've already tried to get in with no success.
FelixJ20000 said:
I have a few nandroid backups, if that counts? I do have a few ROM zips on my SD card too, though. Will a full wipe delete photos etc? I'm guessing it'll get rid of the apps, but that's no problem. But how would I get into recovery? I've already tried to get in with no success.
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If you can find a way to get into recovery, then yes you can use your nandroid. You problem now is you can't get into recovery or download mode, right? Well can you try using adb? If you can then type adb reboot recovery in command prompt to reboot to recovery.
Oh yeah, full wipe won't delete photos etc unless you wipe your internal storage/SD card.
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Oh, thanks. I've got ADB already installed (I used it in trying to root my HTC Hero). Have I said thanks? You're a life saver
Oh dear, it seems that it's not showing up as an ADB device. Are there any other ways to get into recovery?
FelixJ20000 said:
Oh dear, it seems that it's not showing up as an ADB device. Are there any other ways to get into recovery?
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I don't know. The hold down power button + volume down didn't work? You have to hold for at least 10 seconds.
Don't just say thanks...hit my thanks button.
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eushaun99 said:
I don't know. The hold down power button + volume down didn't work? You have to hold for at least 10 seconds.
Don't just say thanks...hit my thanks button.
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Just tried that, when I selected recovery it just turned off
So you can get into download mode?
Download mode, yes. I've got it open now, in fact
Now that's easy. Your tab can't boot because it doesn't have any sort of recovery(don't ask me why I don't know ). Apparently ROM Manager wiped your recovery clean and didn't flash the new one. Just flash cwm or twrp via Odin and try to boot. If it still can't boot, then restore your nandroid. Ironically, the same thing happened to me yesterday when I tried to flash latest twrp using Mobile Odin.
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What's odin?
Ok, It's all sorted now! Thanks for your help!
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What's odin?
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You have never used Odin before? Then how on earth did you root?
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You have never used Odin before? Then how on earth did you root?
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I actually have no idea. I think I used a program similar to Odin that did the job. I remember booting into download more before. Oh yes, I flashed the disk image for the root and CWM using the default windows tool. Anyway, I've fixed it now. I couldn't find a .tar to do the job so I converted a random file to a .tar and flashed it that way, tricking it into thinking it had a recovery and therefore booting. In the OS I used ROM Manager to get CWM.
FelixJ20000 said:
I actually have no idea. I think I used a program similar to Odin that did the job. I remember booting into download more before. Oh yes, I flashed the disk image for the root and CWM using the default windows tool. Anyway, I've fixed it now. I couldn't find a .tar to do the job so I converted a random file to a .tar and flashed it that way, tricking it into thinking it had a recovery and therefore booting. In the OS I used ROM Manager to get CWM.
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