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Well I was running the leaked sense ics build and it was causing my phone to overheat so I decided I would switch back to cm7 for a while, when I when I tried to reboot to recovery it just booted showed a black screen then rebooted back to the rom. So I tried to reinstall the recovery from both rom manger and the bootloader nothing worked. I then noticed that it was hard to get my sd card out and that it was slow to load upon boot, odd but it was still readable by the system and I could get to my files on it. I treid a few other sd cards with the same results. It was then I decided it would be a smart idea to try and flash a ruu to try to just return to stock (but leave the bootloader unlocked). I ended up flashing PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.19.zip from [HOW TO]return to stock (gingerbread) from revolutionary or normal hboot(11/2/11) - xda-developers Which then lead to my phone not booting to rom or recovery all I can get to is the (still unlocked at least) bootloader.
Any ideas on where to proceed? I attempted to run a ruu exe so I can restore it from a computer in case the problem with sd is why it is failing to flash properly but the one I tried 2.11.605.0_Radio_0.01.78.0802w_3_NV_8K_1.41_9K_1.6 4_release_210841.exe required the phone to be booted to the rom to confirm the current build before flashing a new one. Anyone know of a way around that maybe? Or anything?
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Well I was running the leaked sense ics build and it was causing my phone to overheat so I decided I would switch back to cm7 for a while, when I when I tried to reboot to recovery it just booted showed a black screen then rebooted back to the rom. So I tried to reinstall the recovery from both rom manger and the bootloader nothing worked. I then noticed that it was hard to get my sd card out and that it was slow to load upon boot, odd but it was still readable by the system and I could get to my files on it. I treid a few other sd cards with the same results. It was then I decided it would be a smart idea to try and flash a ruu to try to just return to stock (but leave the bootloader unlocked). I ended up flashing PG05IMG_no_hboot_2.11.605.19.zip from [HOW TO]return to stock (gingerbread) from revolutionary or normal hboot(11/2/11) - xda-developers Which then lead to my phone not booting to rom or recovery all I can get to is the (still unlocked at least) bootloader.
Any ideas on where to proceed? I attempted to run a ruu exe so I can restore it from a computer in case the problem with sd is why it is failing to flash properly but the one I tried 2.11.605.0_Radio_0.01.78.0802w_3_NV_8K_1.41_9K_1.6 4_release_210841.exe required the phone to be booted to the rom to confirm the current build before flashing a new one. Anyone know of a way around that maybe? Or anything?
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It may not work but I've had some luck with http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1703455 in rooting and unrooting, it may be able to see it and do its thing. I know you said you tried different cards but it might be worth looking into reformatting your card in Windows (FAT32) and trying it with a good radio by itself to get it to boot. Then pull or rename the radio zip off the card and then reinstall the ROM or RUU.
Ok so here's the deal...
I was running ViperRez ROM and decided it was time for a change and found a few ROMs I wanted to check out. Tried EclipticRez, kept force closing and rebooting before or just after I could finish the phone set up. Tried Nils Business, no luck. So finally tried to load MIUI for ICS and ran into trouble.
Each time before loading these ROMs I used Clean Wipe to wipe before loading the ROM. I am S-on. Unlocked. HBOOT- 2.11
So here's where my trouble is... Normally when a ROM fails to work, I'd simply reboot into recovery, wipe, and load a different rom via zip from SD card. The problem I'm having, besides the ROM not loading and getting stuck on the HTC flash screen is, I cant get into recovery. I can reboot into the bootloader screen, get to fastboot. When I try to select recovery the phone goes black, flashes something quickly on the lower part of the screen with CWM recovery looking logo, then reboots and sticks on the HTC white screen. Another issue, my battery will no longer charge via phone charger, so I had to go out and buy a battery charger today to even get my phone running again since all this drained the battery.
I've flashed the PH98IMG, removed it since it was causing me to constantly reflash it and reboot. Removed the boot img from the MIUI ROM and placed it in the root of my SD card, seemed to do nothing. I've also tried to use abd, although I'm not really sure how to use it, basically tried to follow a few different threads, but when I typed adb devices, the list was always blank.
Can anyone help me to either get this MIUI ROM working or at least get me back into recovery so I can re-load ViperRez that I know was working? I am no expert, so please give detailed instructions if you can. Thanks in advance.
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Ok so here's the deal...
I was running ViperRez ROM and decided it was time for a change and found a few ROMs I wanted to check out. Tried EclipticRez, kept force closing and rebooting before or just after I could finish the phone set up. Tried Nils Business, no luck. So finally tried to load MIUI for ICS and ran into trouble.
Each time before loading these ROMs I used Clean Wipe to wipe before loading the ROM. I am S-on. Unlocked. HBOOT- 2.11
So here's where my trouble is... Normally when a ROM fails to work, I'd simply reboot into recovery, wipe, and load a different rom via zip from SD card. The problem I'm having, besides the ROM not loading and getting stuck on the HTC flash screen is, I cant get into recovery. I can reboot into the bootloader screen, get to fastboot. When I try to select recovery the phone goes black, flashes something quickly on the lower part of the screen with CWM recovery looking logo, then reboots and sticks on the HTC white screen. Another issue, my battery will no longer charge via phone charger, so I had to go out and buy a battery charger today to even get my phone running again since all this drained the battery.
I've flashed the PH98IMG, removed it since it was causing me to constantly reflash it and reboot. Removed the boot img from the MIUI ROM and placed it in the root of my SD card, seemed to do nothing. I've also tried to use abd, although I'm not really sure how to use it, basically tried to follow a few different threads, but when I typed adb devices, the list was always blank.
Can anyone help me to either get this MIUI ROM working or at least get me back into recovery so I can re-load ViperRez that I know was working? I am no expert, so please give detailed instructions if you can. Thanks in advance.
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Have you tried fastboot flashing the boot.img?
gleggie said:
Have you tried fastboot flashing the boot.img?
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I have tried. Although Im not sure it worked right, or if I even did it right. Just an update. I tried flashing another PH98IMG and it said it was older. Still stuck
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I have tried. Although Im not sure it worked right, or if I even did it right. Just an update. I tried flashing another PH98IMG and it said it was older. Still stuck
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your are s-on you need to extract the boot.img from the zip. go to fastboot and make sure it says fastboot usb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
that will flash the kernel that you need. the ph98img you only need if you are trying to make firmware changes. everything else can be run from the computer.
Also, make sure you are flashing 3.04 roms. Viperrez i think never updated to the global . If you are flashing global roms, you HAVE to do the firmware update.
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your are s-on you need to extract the boot.img from the zip. go to fastboot and make sure it says fastboot usb
fastboot flash boot boot.img
that will flash the kernel that you need. the ph98img you only need if you are trying to make firmware changes. everything else can be run from the computer.
Also, make sure you are flashing 3.04 roms. Viperrez i think never updated to the global . If you are flashing global roms, you HAVE to do the firmware update.
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I kinda understand what you are saying, but the other problem I have is.... When running adb my phone is not listed in the adb devices, although it is listed in the usb devices. Not sure what to do about that.
Are you in charge only mode on the phone?
Is usb debugging enabled?
USB debugging was selected prior to this incident and it was on charge only as well. It was not connected as a usb drive. I cannot get into the settings of the phone to find out what it is now or if its changed.
I would suggest going S-Off, it will make flashing a whole lot easier. As for getting back to a usable state, you should be able to flash a PH98IMG in bootloader. If anything, flash an RUU and go from there.
So ,im sorry but its a long story. Hopefully someone can help. My note is Rooted Ive been using TWRP. Everything had been fine until 2 days ago. I tried flashing a ROM i found on Goomanger.( I had been running liquid smooth) just wanted to try something different. Anyways it got stuck on a boot loop. Cant remember the name of the Rom. Anyways i was able to get back to recovery, thankfully. But when i wiped and flashed back to liquid smooth it would say optimizing apps, then it would reach a certain number then reboot and star all over again. So then i tried another Rom and the same thing happened. tried flashing back to stock rooted but it would turn on then completely crash and star booting up again. So finally i was able to flash paraandroid 4.1.2 and Gapps, but here is the kicker i have no service (AT&T) says cannot locate network, my IMEI is gone basically the cellular isn't working. Everything else works fine WiFi,apps, camera. Just cant make calls. I really need your guys help please.:crying:
If you have a suggestion please let me know, i hate using an old Iphone
dar101978 said:
So ,im sorry but its a long story. Hopefully someone can help. My note is Rooted Ive been using TWRP. Everything had been fine until 2 days ago. I tried flashing a ROM i found on Goomanger.( I had been running liquid smooth) just wanted to try something different. Anyways it got stuck on a boot loop. Cant remember the name of the Rom. Anyways i was able to get back to recovery, thankfully. But when i wiped and flashed back to liquid smooth it would say optimizing apps, then it would reach a certain number then reboot and star all over again. So then i tried another Rom and the same thing happened. tried flashing back to stock rooted but it would turn on then completely crash and star booting up again. So finally i was able to flash paraandroid 4.1.2 and Gapps, but here is the kicker i have no service (AT&T) says cannot locate network, my IMEI is gone basically the cellular isn't working. Everything else works fine WiFi,apps, camera. Just cant make calls. I really need your guys help please.:crying:
If you have a suggestion please let me know, i hate using an old Iphone
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Just odin back to stock. Get a complete factory stock image from the main sticky thread and flash it with Odin and Download Mode. There's a bug on one of the TWRP versions with 4.3-based ROMs that will put it into a bootloop by breaking device reboots. I was unable to flash my way out of the problem and was forced to do a complete reimage which solved all the problems and put me right back to clean-out-of-the-box state, then I reinstalled TWRP (though an older version before the boot loop bug) and re-flashed my custom ROM. The package I used was the stock image and Odin tool all in one .exe, just plug in to download mode and run it and it flashed bootloader, recovery, system, kernel, etc. all back to stock.
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Just odin back to stock. Get a complete factory stock image from the main sticky thread and flash it with Odin and Download Mode. There's a bug on one of the TWRP versions with 4.3-based ROMs that will put it into a bootloop by breaking device reboots. I was unable to flash my way out of the problem and was forced to do a complete reimage which solved all the problems and put me right back to clean-out-of-the-box state, then I reinstalled TWRP (though an older version before the boot loop bug) and re-flashed my custom ROM. The package I used was the stock image and Odin tool all in one .exe, just plug in to download mode and run it and it flashed bootloader, recovery, system, kernel, etc. all back to stock.
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Thanks thats what i did, I just basically had to use KIES to use the emergency recovery, then root my phone again. My question is what version of TWRP causes this? cause i used the newest version i could find off GOO. My other concerne is, will it accept or be safe to use a custom ROM? Well i gues ill find out :laugh: THANKS AGAIN!
Everyone with the sgh-i717 is having problems with the latest TWRP and the most stable version is 2.5.0.0. Go with that one or you'll be starting all over again I imagine. And don't just stop at the download link in the OP's, read the thread and find out what's going on. The problems with TWRP have been going on for a while and the development threads have a lot of comments about the latest build causing problems. Good luck! :good:
Let me start off by saying Im far from new to the rooting and roming game. Been through several phones. Never run into this issue.
Note 2 - i605
Team Win Recovery - Up to date
Clockwork Recovery - Up to date
MJ9 Radio from Zif
I am able to install CleanROM and Sophisticated. But when I attempt to install CM11, MeanBean, or Gummy the install fails. It attempts to unzip but always ends with failed. This occurs on both recoveries. I have even tried an alternative recovery. Nothing seems to get it done. Please someone help. Like to note I checked my external SD card for errors. It passed.
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General consensus seems to be that philz recovery is currently the recovery of choice for 4.3, id say give that a try
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This same thing happened to me. I couldn't even install backups I had. I finally gave up, ODIN'd back to stock and reran casual, everything has been fine since. Even re-installing the same exact recovery.
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This same thing happened to me. I couldn't even install backups I had. I finally gave up, ODIN'd back to stock and reran casual, everything has been fine since. Even re-installing the same exact recovery.
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Im going to give that a shot. I think it may actually be the thing that sorts this all out. Not hat Phillz is not a good option. But that's the other recovery I already tried. Thinking that maybe the Casual I did was not smooth. As it did hang a couple times and was not as smooth as I would have liked. I am going to reply back when I do it to let everyone know how it turned out. Just in case someone else has the same issues.
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So I odin stocked the phone. Perform casual. Much smoother this time. But still no dice. Still able to install only some roms.
Installable:
Sophisticated
CleanROM
Unable to Install:
CM 11
MeanBean ICE
MeanBean Reborn
Gummy
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Crotty.Josh said:
So I odin stocked the phone. Perform casual. Much smoother this time. But still no dice. Still able to install only some roms.
Installable:
Sophisticated
CleanROM
Unable to Install:
CM 11
MeanBean ICE
MeanBean Reborn
Gummy
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Hmmmm. Somewhere there's a step that's failing you (obviously). Maybe break down your process, from download to flash, and try to pinpoint where it's going wrong. In my experience the things that have caused an install to fail have been either an incompatible or outdated recovery, bad download (check the MD5), or borked system partition (which is when I Odin'd and re-casualed).
Had issues with CM11 until I ODIN'd back to stock LJB, unlocked bootloader/rooted, updated to latest TWRP 2.6.3.1 via ODIN, wiped all partitions included cache, data, dalvik, system, internal sdcard, external sdcard then adb push CM11 plus gapps and installed. Just make sure you can adb push before wiping everything along with checking file CRC and temporarily disable antivirus.
So I the issue ended up being one of an interesting nature but not normal. When I download thw rom of choice to my phone I move it to my SD card. Making sure its out of the distruction path. As is normal practice. I am using Rom Toolbox root browser to make the move. Turns out that although it gave the impression it was moving the files, it did not always do so. So each time I copy a file from place to another I have to check that it was done in full and without flaws. Quite an interesting problem. As a move of that sort should not break files.
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So I the issue ended up being one of an interesting nature but not normal. When I download thw rom of choice to my phone I move it to my SD card. Making sure its out of the distruction path. As is normal practice. I am using Rom Toolbox root browser to make the move. Turns out that although it gave the impression it was moving the files, it did not always do so. So each time I copy a file from place to another I have to check that it was done in full and without flaws. Quite an interesting problem. As a move of that sort should not break files.
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It's always something small it seems. Good practice is to download the ROM, get it to it's final destination then check the MD5. I always wait until I've moved it to the SD to check the MD5 just in case there was a bad transfer.
So I originally had issues with my S4 when it updated to 5.0 I got a new one from the inusrance company and i wanted to root and rom it right away. Well it took me a wile to root it, I had to find the right (or what I thought was the right) Kernel's to use. I rooted it finally with Towelroot, I then tried to install TWRP and reboot to recovery and load a Rom, however my phone will never reboot to recovery now. It will only reboot to download. TWRP does not seem to work and if I mess it with it it will reboot to download and it won't do anything ells until I use Odin to reinstall the Kernel. If I try the button combo to reboot to recovery it still reboots to download. So I think that keeps me from using SafeStrap as well.
I am at a loss, I just want to get the Hyperdrive+RLS21+KK+S4 Rom on my phone so I don't get the stupid 5.0 that ruins my phone. Is there anyone who can help me out with this? Also I did try to do a factory data reset and that did not work either as it just rebooted to download and I had to use Odin to load the Kernel again and it just rebooted to the same un-reset OS I was in.
Brad
Bshade said:
So I originally had issues with my S4 when it updated to 5.0 I got a new one from the inusrance company and i wanted to root and rom it right away. Well it took me a wile to root it, I had to find the right (or what I thought was the right) Kernel's to use. I rooted it finally with Towelroot, I then tried to install TWRP and reboot to recovery and load a Rom, however my phone will never reboot to recovery now. It will only reboot to download. TWRP does not seem to work and if I mess it with it it will reboot to download and it won't do anything ells until I use Odin to reinstall the Kernel. If I try the button combo to reboot to recovery it still reboots to download. So I think that keeps me from using SafeStrap as well.
I am at a loss, I just want to get the Hyperdrive+RLS21+KK+S4 Rom on my phone so I don't get the stupid 5.0 that ruins my phone. Is there anyone who can help me out with this? Also I did try to do a factory data reset and that did not work either as it just rebooted to download and I had to use Odin to load the Kernel again and it just rebooted to the same un-reset OS I was in.
Brad
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You do know that OC1 is still locked down(5.0.1)?
No root, no downgrade, no ROMs, no safestrap. No TWRP unless you happen to have MDK(4.2 Jellybean)
You will have to flash a stock 5.0.1 ROM and life with it.
I had an S4 that did upgrade to OC1 I got a new S4 with my insurance that was not upgraded to OC1 it was still 4.4.2 NK1. I loaded the Kernel NC5 and used Towelroot then back to NK1 but I cant get TWRP to work and boot to recovery to flash the ROM it only boots to Download. I really want to ROM it so that it does not go back to OC1 as when it was OC1 on my old phone that I don't have it was useless, I could not make phone calls or install anything on the phone or it would just lock up and restart constantly.
I can not figure out why it won't boot to recovery, and why if I try to do a factory reset i have to reload the Kernel to make the phone work again.
Thanks,
Brad
THIS IS A TEST PROCESS!!
I just posted a set of service files to try and downgrade...I pretty sure it might work! [emoji14]
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-verizon/help/testing-revert-to-nk1-t3124096
It Worked! now I just have to figure out how to re root I tried once with Towelroot and it did no work then tried to load the Kernel that Towelroot worked with and it got all bugy so i reloaded your Kernel and it was still bugy so I did the whole process over again and it worked a second time. LOL
Thanks so much,
Brad
Bshade said:
It Worked! now I just have to figure out how to re root I tried once with Towelroot and it did no work then tried to load the Kernel that Towelroot worked with and it got all bugy so i reloaded your Kernel and it was still bugy so I did the whole process over again and it worked a second time. LOL
Thanks so much,
Brad
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TWRP will not work on anything above 4.2.2(MDK). You have to use Safestrap.
Do a FULL wipe to nc5, not the workaround. THEN towelroot, install Busybox(IMPORTANT) and Safestrap(modded version of TWRP SPECIFICALLY for devices with locked Bootloader), install Hyperdrive or ROM of choice.
Well I got all the way through, I got the Safestrap to work and boot to recovery. I did a wipe factory reset and wipe cache and Dalvik. I then try to install rom, now it says to install in a working and setup rom slot? I think that is where I have and issue. If I just try the instal it does not work as I get the error "no MD5 file found" and then "error flashing zip" Do you think this is due to the wrong Rom Slot or am I missing something that I am not doing?
Thanks so much for your help so far, I am so close and at the very last step in this whole ordeal, or at least I hope.
Brad
Bshade said:
Well I got all the way through, I got the Safestrap to work and boot to recovery. I did a wipe factory reset and wipe cache and Dalvik. I then try to install rom, now it says to install in a working and setup rom slot? I think that is where I have and issue. If I just try the instal it does not work as I get the error "no MD5 file found" and then "error flashing zip" Do you think this is due to the wrong Rom Slot or am I missing something that I am not doing?
Thanks so much for your help so far, I am so close and at the very last step in this whole ordeal, or at least I hope.
Brad
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hmmmmmmm
Did you put the ROM on the SD card. Make sure to use the STOCK ROM SLOT!!!
Yeah, both of those things. On the SD card as a zip file and the stock ROM slot. I did try last night to flash another ROM quick to see if it would work and I got the same error so I don't think its my ROM but something I am doing wrong on the phone.
Thanks for your all your help so far,
Brad
Finally got it, took some time and lots of rework. I soft bricked it so many times I cant count them. I got this down though now, I am just playing with the rom to see what setup I like now.
Thanks so much again for your help.
Brad
Bshade said:
Finally got it, took some time and lots of rework. I soft bricked it so many times I cant count them. I got this down though now, I am just playing with the rom to see what setup I like now.
Thanks so much again for your help.
Brad
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I think we have all been there at some point. Good job getting it all going. Takes some patience and effort. Don't forget to have some fun!
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