[Q] Help please, S2 cant load roms as usual - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi there,
Can you please help me, I am a NOOB and I been looking and trying to fix my phone for a week and I cant work it out, therefore I come here seeking your help, I would very much value ideas or solutions you could provide.
I will be as brief as possible.
When I try to flash a new Rom, my phone gets stuck on the boot screen, there are only two roms that load, one freezes, the others roms wont boot.
All started like this:
I originally had RR JB V3.1.3 AOKP 4.2.1 I9100
Then changed to
AllianceROM_I9100_XWLSS_V8, look good but thought of trying the aokp i9100 jb-mr1 milestone-1, when trying to swap I made the mistake of doing a factory reset to find out that I could not access the roms on my sdcard.
so I then installed (I9100_CODE_I9100XXLP2_CL57619_REV02_user_low_ship.tar) it all worked as it went to stock. I rooted the phone again, tried installing the AllianceRom, but it didnt want to load, tried the Aokp again it did work, but then once the screen turns off it wont respond...
tried super nexus, did not want to work. tried updating CMW, it doesnt want to... Tried Jellybam, did not load...
So I tried and reloaded RR JB V 3.1.3 as I already have and it works, it is the only rom that works successfully, But if I try to go on to CMW, it doesnt work anymore, and it seems that once I try to use CMW it makes the rom unstable... So it seems that I can only use one Rom at the moment. Clearly I must of done something wrong at some point but I dont know what. I dont even know what to search for to fix it.
I tried different tools to see if they would help and no luck, such as, GS2ROMNuke, Romreset and Romwipe, Darkside cache and superwipe.
I hope someone can help me out in working out what I did wrong or what is happening.
Thank you so much for your time and help.

Bump, Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thnaks

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MistahBungle said:
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Thanks for letting me know... Will keep that in mind next time.

Try kernel nuke then flash another kernel say siyah as its got cwm. Should be good then mate. Then install alliance rom. Also when you installed and booted for first time on these roms did you try wipe cache and dalv cache fix Permission ??
sent from my I9100 Alliance v8

andrewwright said:
Try kernel nuke then flash another kernel say siyah as its got cwm. Should be good then mate. Then install alliance rom. Also when you installed and booted for first time on these roms did you try wipe cache and dalv cache fix Permission ??
sent from my I9100 Alliance v8
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Thanks for the tip... I did try however I dont have access to cwm anymore once I install RR.
The only way I can get CWM to work again, is installing speedmod-kernel-s2-k2-21- through Odin but then the rom doesnt work anymore.
I tried the kernel nuke, I have tried installing siyah kernel with RR, but no luck it doesnt go into cmw. keep getting a message Kernel Panic...
anymore suggestions?
Could I have done something on the mounts? I dont know, but I cant think of what is going on.

Could it be that my phone has emmc brick?
I came across two apps
Got Brickbug?
Verdict
Danger! This eMMC chip is known to have the brick bug!
and
eMMC check
Brick Bug?
Yes. Insane chip....
Could someone please give me an indication what this means for me? Thanks

Yes, it's sticked in the general forum.
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gastonw said:
Yes, it's sticked in the general forum.
Sent from the little guy
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Thanks mate!!!
One final question, why is it that the RR Rom is the only one to work rather well? (CMW does not work once the rom is intalled)
Thanks heaps!

Where did you hear that?
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gastonw said:
Where did you hear that?
Sent from the little guy
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RR is runing rather well,I have tried it... I have currently stock installed and it is working just fine....
Any ideas? Thanks

swifteagle said:
RR is runing rather well,I have tried it... I have currently stock installed and it is working just fine....
Any ideas? Thanks
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"Serenity now, insanity later"

gastonw said:
"Serenity now, insanity later"
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hahahaha, so is my s2's chip insane?
Thanks

swifteagle said:
hahahaha, so is my s2's chip insane?
Thanks
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Yes, but you don't need to worry (as long as you're not on 4.0.4), and that's that.

gastonw said:
Yes, but you don't need to worry (as long as you're not on 4.0.4), and that's that.
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Thanks...Fantastic!!!

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Can't Flash CM7 based Roms!! Help PLZ!!

I have been trying to flash cm7 or miui on my sgs II ever since I got it but I can't! I either get bootloops or Kernel panic! I follow every step of every guide I can find 8 though i do not consider myself a noob). Am I missing something here?? Plz tell me you you gys flashed Miui or any cm7 based rom. Please
zemariaabreusantos said:
I have been trying to flash cm7 or miui on my sgs II ever since I got it but I can't! I either get bootloops or Kernel panic! I follow every step of every guide I can find 8 though i do not consider myself a noob). Am I missing something here?? Plz tell me you you gys flashed Miui or any cm7 based rom. Please
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Sometimes it is necessary to flash it twice, meaning without reboot... Just stay in recovery and repeat the procedure (second time without /system wipe)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
hofinho said:
Sometimes it is necessary to flash it twice, meaning without reboot... Just stay in recovery and repeat the procedure (second time without /system wipe)
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
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i've tried that as well... nothing seems to work! Thanks anyway
You're 100% sure it's the GT-I9100/GT-I9100T? If it's anything other, that could explain it?
If you checked that you really have the right phone, install CM7 like always and right after it before you reboot the device, install siyahkernel. After it I guess it should work fine.
H-KaN said:
If you checked that you really have the right phone, install CM7 like always and right after it before you reboot the device, install siyahkernel. After it I guess it should work fine.
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This, but if you're coming from stock, flash CyanogenMod twice (right after you install in CWM, repeat those same steps of wiping and flashing again).
screamworks said:
This, but if you're coming from stock, flash CyanogenMod twice (right after you install in CWM, repeat those same steps of wiping and flashing again).
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Flashing CM7 is giving me Bootloops!
screamworks said:
You're 100% sure it's the GT-I9100/GT-I9100T? If it's anything other, that could explain it?
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Yup 100% shure, even went to the box is sais GT-I9100
Some kernels work ons CM7 and Sammy roms?
H-KaN said:
If you checked that you really have the right phone, install CM7 like always and right after it before you reboot the device, install siyahkernel. After it I guess it should work fine.
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I am a bout to make a noob question: Isn't the siyah kernel for sammy roms? It's just that I come from the galaxy s and there we had diferent kernels for CM7 and sammybased roms. But in the gs2 case some kernels work on both?
zemariaabreusantos said:
I am a bout to make a noob question: Isn't the siyah kernel for sammy roms? It's just that I come from the galaxy s and there we had diferent kernels for CM7 and sammybased roms. But in the gs2 case some kernels work on both?
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siyah kernel is for sammy and aosp/cm/miui...try it...i had kernel error too and after installing this kernel RIGHT after installing cm twice it booted.
Thanks to all of you I will try what ebery one of you said. Hope it works!! D
ThANKS!!!!! Finally!!! I don't know what it was that did the trick (my guess is siyah kernel). But something worked here!! finally CM7!!! Seriously thanks a lot!!!!

[Q] Trying to roll back to GB kernel. Help needed.

Hi all,
Firstly thanks to all the devs and senior members who ported CM10 mini, and also helped me with all the questions i had. I didnt necessarily have to ask these questions , coz the related threads worked like an FAQ and troubleshooting guide for me.
But now im stuck at a point where i need to ask. After trying CMX mini, though i loved it, i feel i prefer a speedy snappy phone rather than a fully loaded ergo slow phone. So i decided to roll back to GingerDX rom.
The issue im facing is that since ive flashed nAa's JB kernel, i wanna re-flash the nAa GB kernel ( or zombie panic etc). Once i flash any of the older GB kernels ( ive tried a few) the phone gets stuck at the boot screen. I just cannot go into recovery to do a wipe and flash the GingerDX rom.
So my questions are:
Is there any known work around.?
Do i need to roll back to a gb kernel to run Ginger DX or can i stay on JB kernel. Im guessing it shud be GB kernel for a GB rom, but cant find any literature online.
Do i need to do a data wipe before i switch kernels?
Pls help.
Thaks in advance.
deathw15h said:
Hi all,
Firstly thanks to all the devs and senior members who ported CM10 mini, and also helped me with all the questions i had. I didnt necessarily have to ask these questions , coz the related threads worked like an FAQ and troubleshooting guide for me.
But now im stuck at a point where i need to ask. After trying CMX mini, though i loved it, i feel i prefer a speedy snappy phone rather than a fully loaded ergo slow phone. So i decided to roll back to GingerDX rom.
The issue im facing is that since ive flashed nAa's JB kernel, i wanna re-flash the nAa GB kernel ( or zombie panic etc). Once i flash any of the older GB kernels ( ive tried a few) the phone gets stuck at the boot screen. I just cannot go into recovery to do a wipe and flash the GingerDX rom.
So my questions are:
Is there any known work around.?
Do i need to roll back to a gb kernel to run Ginger DX or can i stay on JB kernel. Im guessing it shud be GB kernel for a GB rom, but cant find any literature online.
Do i need to do a data wipe before i switch kernels?
Pls help.
Thaks in advance.
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yes, do data-wipes, or maybe format the partitions before you flash the gb kernel. GB roms won't work on the JB kernel.
SmG67 said:
yes, do data-wipes, or maybe format the partitions before you flash the gb kernel. GB roms won't work on the JB kernel.
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will i be able to enter recovery then..
coz right now i can atleast use the CMX mod. i shouldnt happen that i do a wipe .. and then cant even enter recovery. That'll be a mess
deathw15h said:
will i be able to enter recovery then..
coz right now i can atleast use the CMX mod. i shouldnt happen that i do a wipe .. and then cant even enter recovery. That'll be a mess
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Do a nandroid of your ROM, it will have you working again in about 2 minutes if it doesn't work.
SmG67 said:
Do a nandroid of your ROM, it will have you working again in about 2 minutes if it doesn't work.
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That is only if i am able to enter recovery isnt it. .. and thats the problem im facing right now. Correct me if im wrong.
deathw15h said:
That is only if i am able to enter recovery isnt it. .. and thats the problem im facing right now. Correct me if im wrong.
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pop the JB kernel back on, I figured that was the obvious thing to do in order to wipe and/or format everything...
SmG67 said:
pop the JB kernel back on, I figured that was the obvious thing to do in order to wipe and/or format everything...
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wiped data, partition. flashed gb kernel... still cant enter recovery
deathw15h said:
wiped data, partition. flashed gb kernel... still cant enter recovery
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repair with seus or pc companion and after that, flash gb-kernel.
SmG67 said:
repair with seus or pc companion and after that, flash gb-kernel.
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ok sir will check it out. hope it works
deathw15h said:
ok sir will check it out. hope it works
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Good luck

HELP: Laggy phone, laggy wiping

Hello everybody,
I have problem, after I flashed omega v39(after that I try flash another roms and still the same) is my galaxy s3 laggy, some aplication doens´t work and wipe data/factory reset takes little bit longer.
I tried another version of CWM and it doesn´t help.
Thanks for help
Well... What do you want to know?
try aosp then. Read up on how to install
orangerot. said:
Well... What do you want to know?
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well, what´s wrong? I don´t understand why this happed right now because I flash allmost every new omega roms. I need to get it back. Hope it´s possible.
dada.cz said:
well, what´s wrong? I don´t understand why this happed right now because I flash allmost every new omega roms. I need to get it back. Hope it´s possible.
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Omega questions in the Omega thread do not post multiple times the same question .
A guess is that it was a bad flash wipe phone re download rom or use V40 and flash again .
Problems flash stock rom .
jje

[HELP] i9100G Touch Screen Problem after Flash Stock JB France-XEF

After Upgrade my i9100g from stock ICS to Stock Official JB 4.1.2 France...my touch screen not functioning properly...
but when plugin to charger or usb its back to normal and smooth...
it never happen when i using stock ics and custom ROM...
example : when i try to draw 'S' it will be like on the picture...
it hard and imposible to drag and drop item..
i have try reflash and redownload firmware 5-6 times also root and w/o root but the problem still same...
sinsai said:
After Upgrade my i9100g from stock ICS to Stock Official JB 4.1.2 France...my touch screen not functioning properly...
but when plugin to charger or usb its back to normal and smooth...
it never happen when i using stock ics and custom ROM...
example : when i try to draw 'S' it will be like on the picture...
it hard and imposible to drag and drop item..
i have try reflash and redownload firmware 5-6 times also root and w/o root but the problem still same...
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Did u update via kies or odin?
If u used a firmware and flashed via odin, please try another firmware.
Over this try to do a factory reset after u flashed the FW.
CHEERS
sinsai said:
After Upgrade my i9100g from stock ICS to Stock Official JB 4.1.2 France...my touch screkeen not functioning properly...
but when plugin to charger or usb its back to normal and smooth...
it never happen when i using stock ics and custom ROM...
example : when i try to draw 'S' it will be like on the picture...
it hard and imposible to drag and drop item..
i have try reflash and redownload firmware 5-6 times also root and w/o root but the problem still same...
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Well your phone is i9100g... You sure you flashed ROM of i9100g and not of galaxy s2 i9100...coz many people make that mistake..
Post this in the i9100g...idk how much we can help you with this..
Anyways, try factory resetting the phone...if no luck take it to Samsung customer care...it can be a hardware problem. ..
And ya, which ROM are you flashing? The official stock ROM or custom ROM?
Custom ROM do have many bugs and vary from phone to phone. .. Try going to stick for one and check if problem is still there. .
Press thanx if I helped...
Hannibal226 said:
Did u update via kies or odin?
If u used a firmware and flashed via odin, please try another firmware.
Over this try to do a factory reset after u flashed the FW.
CHEERS
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update via odin...trying both 3.07 and 1.85
i use firmware on this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679636
and done factory reset every time before and after done flashing...
after done several times flashing, im still facing touchscreen problem...
the weardest is the problem fix when i plugin charger...
umair241995 said:
Well your phone is i9100g... You sure you flashed ROM of i9100g and not of galaxy s2 i9100...coz many people make that mistake..
Post this in the i9100g...idk how much we can help you with this..
Anyways, try factory resetting the phone...if no luck take it to Samsung customer care...it can be a hardware problem. ..
And ya, which ROM are you flashing? The official stock ROM or custom ROM?
Custom ROM do have many bugs and vary from phone to phone. .. Try going to stick for one and check if problem is still there. .
Press thanx if I helped...
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cannot post on i9100g dev becoz my post still under 10...
im sure i flash the right rom from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679636
ya..done factory reset but still got the problem...
like i said before..the touchscreen work fine if i plugin charger or connect usb to pc/laptop...
i dont think it becoz hardware problem since it work perfect on stock GB, stock ICS, aokp, CM and 4-5 other custom ROM...
can it becoz of battery? i use 1650mah...i have try 1500mah and touch screen getting more worst...
i still cant find any solution for my phone..
already try many method like
- using re-partion on odin with pit file
- format data, system, cache, emmc
- wipe data/factory reset/dalvic cache
- flash using odin/cwm
- root/unroot
after done all above..touch screen laggy and still make dash line on drawing...
after my last post...i have try most rom on Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development Section and my touchscreen on all rom are working perfect except official stock JB or custom rom base on stock JB...
forgot to mention that the day on my 1st time installing stock JB i accidently flash Galaxy tab 2 p3100 firmware and got softbrick
but successfuly unbrick then done flashing stock JB...dunno if this incident can damage my phone...
or is other way to make FULL FORMAT internal SD? to make sure the file that i accidently flash completely remove...
sinsai said:
i still cant find any solution for my phone..
already try many method like
- using re-partion on odin with pit file
- format data, system, cache, emmc
- wipe data/factory reset/dalvic cache
- flash using odin/cwm
- root/unroot
after done all above..touch screen laggy and still make dash line on drawing...
after my last post...i have try most rom on Galaxy S II I9100G Android Development Section and my touchscreen on all rom are working perfect except official stock JB or custom rom base on stock JB...
forgot to mention that the day on my 1st time installing stock JB i accidently flash Galaxy tab 2 p3100 firmware and got softbrick
but successfuly unbrick then done flashing stock JB...dunno if this incident can damage my phone...
or is other way to make FULL FORMAT internal SD? to make sure the file that i accidently flash completely remove...
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Search for nuke script and see if you can nuke your device.
FIND OUT, don't perform it without knowing if it's meant for your device.
Sent from the little guy
Touch not responding properly
gastonw said:
Search for nuke script and see if you can nuke your device.
FIND OUT, don't perform it without knowing if it's meant for your device.
Sent from the little guy
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I have this problem to.
Any news about this?
---------- Post added at 01:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:43 AM ----------
gastonw said:
Search for nuke script and see if you can nuke your device.
FIND OUT, don't perform it without knowing if it's meant for your device.
Sent from the little guy
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I have this problem to.
Any news about this?
I dunno, I don't have an I9100G.
Sent from the little guy
you could try Blazing Kernel, it can be flashed via stock recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113545.
Or you could also flash original GB and upgrade to JB either through OTA or KIES.
acse1 said:
you could try Blazing Kernel, it can be flashed via stock recovery. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113545.
Or you could also flash original GB and upgrade to JB either through OTA or KIES.
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I have tried that two methods, Flashing GB (everything works great), flashing ICS (everything works great too), and then JB trough OTA and the touch screen doesnt work properly. I have tried the last Blazing Kernel too without success.
Thanks for the help.
Any ideas?
Try stock kernel. Customs aren't ready yet.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Try stock kernel. Customs aren't ready yet.
Sent from the little guy
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The stock Kernel file is already on the Stock JB Odin file?
Like these : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1679636
Indeed it is.
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gastonw said:
Indeed it is.
Sent from the little guy
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Dosent work either. :/
We have the same problem dude, touch screen not working properly after stock jb (xef) flash but working flawlessly when phone is plugged. I can't have a custom rom above 4.2.1, else I have the problem. Now I'm on CM10.1 4.2.1 and can't leave it because of this, the official rom I want is the official.
Did you got the screen of your phone replaced ? Because mine was and I was wondering if it was that.
samstacle said:
We have the same problem dude, touch screen not working properly after stock jb (xef) flash but working flawlessly when phone is plugged. I can't have a custom rom above 4.2.1, else I have the problem. Now I'm on CM10.1 4.2.1 and can't leave it because of this, the official rom I want is the official.
Did you got the screen of your phone replaced ? Because mine was and I was wondering if it was that.
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Not sure if it was replaced because I bought it used on ebay.
But are you using CM10.1 4.2.1 without touch screen problems? Can you tell me the date of the release so I can try to flash my phone with that ROM?
Thanks
Yeah without touch screen problem. It's 20130213 nightly
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samstacle said:
Yeah without touch screen problem. It's 20130213 nightly
Sent from my GT-I9100G using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for your reply.
I just find the 20130214. Is that one? I will try it.

[Q] S2 not booting. Stuck at start up whenever I want to boot to stock rom

Hi Guys
I just change my kernel from siyah to dorimanx kernel, and then I installed cyanogenmod 10.1 in the 2nd rom.
I made a mistake to install gapps for cm 10.1 in my stock rom (1st rom). After that whenever I want to boot to my 1st rom it just stucks.
I've tried to wipe cache and dalvik cache in my 1st rom but it still stucks at the Dorimanx start up.
My Phone is Samsung Galaxy SII GT-I9100
Kernel : Dorimanx v7.47
2nd Rom : cm-10.1-20130221-NIGHTLY-i9100
Please help me solve this problem. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks
Flash your first rom again.
Rule number 1:
If you dont know what to do, wipe everything and start from scratch.
Lennyz1988 said:
Flash your first rom again.
Rule number 1:
If you dont know what to do, wipe everything and start from scratch.
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Thanks for your reply.
I've flashed my kernel and it still didn't solve the problem.
maybe later I will wipe everything but right now I still want to try to solve this without formatting my 1st rom.
dreawf said:
Thanks for your reply.
I've flashed my kernel and it still didn't solve the problem.
maybe later I will wipe everything but right now I still want to try to solve this without formatting my 1st rom.
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Wipe everything, especially /system and then reflash your ROM and your favorite kernel.
Go back to siyah.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Go back to siyah.
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I don't want to go back to siyah because right now siyah don't support 4.2.. thx though
Hum....siyah v6 does.
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big_bum said:
Wipe everything, especially /system and then reflash your ROM and your favorite kernel.
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In the end I flash my rom. I don't think there is another way to restore my stock rom..
Thanks for your answer
gastonw said:
Hum....siyah v6 does.
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yeah but it still doesn't support dual boot.. So I will stick with dorimanx till it can support dual boot..

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