So for the last 5 days I had some very weird problems with my phone. About 2 weeks ago I started with my first Cronos Rom and it worked great. I flashed 1.5 and 1.5.1 without problems and I used it without an ext partition all the time. But then the problems started. When I wiped my whole phone and tried to reinstall 1.5.1 JIT, the phone didnt boot anymore (stuck on the "Android" bootscreen). I wiped again and again, tried 1.5.1 without JIT, 1.5 etc, but I couldt get the phone to work. Nothing worked, so I created an ext partition and tried again. It worked. My phone started and I was able to use it for about a day without problems though I didnt want apps2sd. But then some other weird things happened. 3 Days ago I bought a bigger SD Card, partitioned it, wiped the whole phone and flashed 1.5.1 JIT. The phone started, but after I installed a few apps, I got an error message (installing xxx failed). I found out that theres an "repair ext" function, and it worked, but after I installed some more apps, the problem was back. The second problem was, that after rebooting the phone, more and more apps wouldnt start anymore (FC). The last problem that occured was an FC of the market app. After that, I wiped everything again, tried to flash 1.5.1 JIT, but it happened exactly the same like on the first time. Problems installing apps, FCs, stuck on boot etc.
I am totally down at the moment because I killed my whole weekend trying to get my phone working again. Could anyone please help my with this? I just dont understand what I did wrong. Shouldnt a complete wipe fix almost every problem? And I dont understand why I suddenly cant use my phone without an ext partition. Any Cronos version I try freezes on bootscreen without an ext patition. Is there any way to get my hero working again? Please please help me.
(PS: I also posted this on the Cronos Board.)
I would take out the sd card, wipe system and dalvik cache, and install some custom rom.
well, to make sure it is NOT your phone, did you try another ROM? Eliminate possible problems?
At least try something that is known and stable, like a stock rom, the Taiwain-rooted-repacks (not a rom based on it, but just the taiwan rom rooted) or good ol' MoDaCo 3.2 (based on 1.5 stock).
Til now I just tried the last 2 or 3 Cronos Roms, and as I said, they didnt work, but when I get home from work I'll try the Modaco Rom I used before.
I dont understand what this has to do with the Rom I use. I always wiped the whole phone, dalvik, etc. so shouldnt it just work like the first time I flashed it? No matter what Rom I use?
Another weird thing (could have something to do with this): After I wiped everything and flashed Cronos 1.5.1 JIT, the market still knew what apps I had installed last time. It showed my bought apps AND the apps I was able to install before the latest crash. So does this mean the phone wasnt wiped completely?
The market tracks your purchases and (free) downloads through your google account. So that's normal that the download-list is full.
But it might very well be that you didn't wipe correctly, although I'm curious how you manage to accomplish that. What is your current recovery?
The whole point about trying another ROM is elimination. It doesn't need to make sense, but you need to check things of the list.
There is something weird going on, so trying to solve it logically will only get you so far . Keep trying to narrow down the list of causes. Might well be a bug with Cronos 1.5, or the overclock not working these days because your phone is just a bit hotter than before, who knows.. Like I said: eliminate causes!
I'm using the newest AmonRa recovery to wipe the phone.
Theres one thing I forgot: Yesterday I flashed 1.5.1 without JIT, and then 1.5.1 JIT right after it (just rebooted a few times between). The phone worked great until my SD card crashed. In the taskbar it always showed me "checking for errors"(something like that, my phone's in german ), but in my PC and in the recovery the card worked like always, so I had to wipe the card and start again from the beginning.
Try another ROM , and if that doesn't work, try without SD card.
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I'm using the newest AmonRa recovery to wipe the phone.
Theres one thing I forgot: Yesterday I flashed 1.5.1 without JIT, and then 1.5.1 JIT right after it (just rebooted a few times between). The phone worked great until my SD card crashed. In the taskbar it always showed me "checking for errors"(something like that, my phone's in german ), but in my PC and in the recovery the card worked like always, so I had to wipe the card and start again from the beginning.
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Maybe sdcard faulty? What are the logs you get when booting up the phone?
Soooo, I wiped everything again and flashed Modaco 2.8 without an ext partition. It booted correctly, so I wiped the dalvik cache and flashed Cronos 1.5.1 JIT. It also booted (wow, first time it booted without ext since all the problems started to occur) but I instantly got FC's (phone app for example). Now I wiped completely again and flashed 1.5.1 JIT. I hope it boots, as I still dont have an ext partition. As soon as I know something new, I'm gonna tell you.
So now it seems like its working again. I was able to install all the apps I need without a single error and now I'm restoring my settings and contacts. Suddenly it even works without ext again.
I guess there was something very big f*ked up that I couldnt repair by simple wiping the phone. Very weird that just flashing Modaco got it running again. Now I have back my working phone with ultrafast Cronos Rom and without App2SD, perfect. At least till now I hope it keeps working.
Thanks for your help guys, I think I would have smashed the phone to the wall sooner or later. I never thought about flashing Modaco so I'm happy there are people like you.
Thanks again, and thanks to Feeyo for his unbelievable Rom.
PS: Can I uninstall, Facebook and Footprints without destroying everything again?
Yes, just delete both apps using ADB or use a root explorer, search both apps in System/app and delete them.
Or you could use the MoDaCo online kitchen for removing those apps.
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I am running CM6 (with no bugs) and when I go to flash a different ROM after going through the splash screen when the phone is about to load and installing last bit, the message "android.process.media..." FC happens. I have looked and looked through XDA for a fix but have yet to find one.
I have rebooted after full wipe, no SD Card, wiping the SD Card etc. all to no avail.
As a note- the only reason I was going to flash a different ROM was to check 4G speeds in SF.
Does anyone know what is causing this?
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I am running CM6 (with no bugs) and when I go to flash a different ROM after going through the splash screen when the phone is about to load and installing last bit, the message "android.process.media..." FC happens. I have looked and looked through XDA for a fix but have yet to find one.
I have rebooted after full wipe, no SD Card, wiping the SD Card etc. all to no avail.
As a note- the only reason I was going to flash a different ROM was to check 4G speeds in SF.
Does anyone know what is causing this?
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Not exactly sure why it does this except knowing it doesnt happen when you start your device with the sd card out. I've had the same problem that I was finally able to fix.
Just nandroid backup your phone, wipe everything (Factory wipe/dalvik etc) and nandroid restore.
I tried every other thing imaginable and finally this fixed it as my last resort.
I'm happy I found this out as I was always having to nandroid back to an old backup every other month or so as once this starts FC'ing I'd never been able to make it stop without a full reload of the rom or nandroid restore...
Checked around but no details for my prob...
Suddenly getting many FCs for software that was previously working... Namely HD games that others state work fine on Iconia. Software that was working fine 2 days ago, suddenly FC immediately after startup.
I'm running Stock 3.1 rom rooted, with a tweaked kernel (thor latest).
Anyone else getting similar issues lately? Bit of a noob but would love to avoid a wipe or flashing a new rom...
Greatful for any advice from you experts... Do lead thru in baby steps... Ta!!
what about a wipe of just the data for one of the offending apps?
Some are newly downloaded from market e.g. "Diversion". Odd, as it was working along with others perfectly fine a day or 2 ago. Now it's like a plague of software immediately FCing...
Possibly need to do a CWM wipe of data or a factory reset (makes me nervous) or bite the bullet and try a clean 3.2 rom with root...
Any further advice?
I got something similar with stock 3.1, no hd or tegara apps working all FC. happened after a live wall got distorted or corrupted, the same way like video corruption on PC, before this i had installed sprinkle game. Fixed it with full format, and never installed sprinkle or that live wall again.
Phew... was feeling like I was the only one! Thanks... So what way should I run a full format? How much will I lose (I do have Titanium backup throughout)? Should I even restore the Iconia Phone status via the market program BEFORE I wipe?
Sorry for panic... just want to be SAFE!
i just ran format from the settings menu, i don't know about backup
Thanks... I'll try later as a last resort. Fingers into cross-mode!
EDIT - Bit the bullet and tried a 3.2 rom... my virgin turn but seems to have worked now! Possibly a CWM use of wipe data / cache may have worked, but why not jump in the thrilling fire of flashing roms!
Hi Guys,
I am not sure if I am posting in the right place, but I could use some assistance on the Team EOS nightlies. They won't let me post in the DEV section yet, becuase I am mostly reader, not a poster. Anyway....
I've been running the EOS roms for a while, but I can't seem to run any nightly past 74. 74 runs great, when I tried to update to 75 (rom/gapps/wipe cache) it won't get past the "DUAL CORE" logo. I thought I bricked my xoom, but I am able to boot to recovery, reflash 74 (gapps/wipe) and it boot with no issue. I did a full wipe, and tried again with 76 but no joy (77 wasn't out at the time). I thought it was a problem with n75 and n76. I flashed back to n14 and it works fine, and I can upgrade back to n74. Tonight I tried to update again to n77, but still no dice. I let it sit for 15 minutes at the "Dual Core" logo, and all I noticed is that is got warm, but still no boot.
Any thoughts? All advise is welcome!
BTW, this is for a Stingray 4g xoom
And while I have your attention, I love the work you guys do, and this community, it really makes Android something special!
Weird. Try going into fastboot and do a full wipe of userdata, cache, and system. Then install. If need be, do a backup. This will totally wipe your device.
Wipe cache, wipe dalvik, flash ROM, flash GAPPS, fix permissions. Do it in that order and you should be fine.
Also make sure your using the latest GAPPS. It should be dated 2012-03-17.
Good Luck.
Still not working right, very frustrated, but I have new information
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Wipe cache, wipe dalvik, flash ROM, flash GAPPS, fix permissions. Do it in that order and you should be fine.
Also make sure your using the latest GAPPS. It should be dated 2012-03-17.
Good Luck.
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Weird. Try going into fastboot and do a full wipe of userdata, cache, and system. Then install. If need be, do a backup. This will totally wipe your device.
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Thanks to both of you. I did try this. What I have discovered so far is that some of the flashing fun I have been doing with my may have caused so minor issues with my external SD Card. I backed up the internal to it, and pulled it. I went through the process of nuking the xoom entirely. I.E. Wiped Cache, dalvik, full wipe, factory reset, reset permission, and deleted everything off the internal SD (wasn't in this order, but it all got done) I was able to flash N77, without GAPPS fine. It seemed to run faster with nothing else installed. Rebooted a few times, no problem. I was stoked. I flashed gapps, 03-17 version (the latest). factory reset again so that it was fresh and wiped the cache (just in case). It booted again no problems, ran me through initial config, and then began downloading my apps back. It seemed to run much faster than it ever did before.
Then I rebooted it, without doing any titanium backup restores, just fresh tablet, N77 with my 90 or so apps freshly installed from the market, and it froze again at the "Dual Core" boot screen. I waited hoping for some delayed joy, but none came.
So I went back through the process once again, factory reset, N77 install, wipe cache, install GAPPs. Booted.....initial config, auto downloaded 90 apps from market, reboot......dead.
So then I just flashed N74 again, wiped cache, install GAPPS, initial config, app download.....reboot.......works fine.
<general frustration directed at tablet, not anyone here/>
What gives???? I can't tell what the difference in internal apps in the ROM are that could be conflicting with the ones installed from the market.
Why the hell is N74 working and N77 not, when the apps in both ROMs look the same?
Why does N77 work great when the apps aren't restored?????
Why don't I make a million dollars?????
Why aren't I emperor of the universe???????????????
</general frustration directed at tablet, not anyone here>
Thanks much for all your help!
alright.... i have 2 suggestions these may not work and the second one is a pain in the butt to do but it got me out of a jam way back when i lost my softkeys no matter what i flashed
firstly.. in the sequence of your flashing throw in the 'format /system' see if that has any effect it is 'possible' the system is not being flashed correctly or it could be possible that it is getting corrupted and causing the bootloops (i always format system when full wiping)
second... and this is a pain.. but you can always try flashing back to STOCK... there could be other factors that aren't being flashed or fixed correctly causing ya problems... you can then go through the process and flash directly to the latest build... as i noted earlier this fixed a problem that nothing else could for me and has helped others but really this is a last last resort as it takes alot of time and screwing around
lastly... i have no idea sorry these are all i can input.. if possible can always try and use logcat while booting to see what is causing the crash if im not mistaken and upload a log and one of the devs may be able to have a look at it...
I Would stop dinking around with n77 and go to n90 I had the same issues around those nightly numbers, so I went all the way back to stock... (honeycomb) didn't fix it but I redid the whole install on a higher number and it seems to work itself out..... long story short try another maybe the 1.0 stable by them.
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I Would stop dinking around with n77 and go to n90 I had the same issues around those nightly numbers, so I went all the way back to stock... (honeycomb) didn't fix it but I redid the whole install on a higher number and it seems to work itself out..... long story short try another maybe the 1.0 stable by them.
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He has the STINGRAY not the WINGRAY Xoom.
N77 is the latest for the 4G version. The version he has.
Read the OP
EOS Nightlies hate my xoom, my Xoom wanted CM9 I guess
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alright.... i have 2 suggestions these may not work and the second one is a pain in the butt to do but it got me out of a jam way back when i lost my softkeys no matter what i flashed
firstly.. in the sequence of your flashing throw in the 'format /system' see if that has any effect it is 'possible' the system is not being flashed correctly or it could be possible that it is getting corrupted and causing the bootloops (i always format system when full wiping)
second... and this is a pain.. but you can always try flashing back to STOCK... there could be other factors that aren't being flashed or fixed correctly causing ya problems... you can then go through the process and flash directly to the latest build... as i noted earlier this fixed a problem that nothing else could for me and has helped others but really this is a last last resort as it takes alot of time and screwing around
lastly... i have no idea sorry these are all i can input.. if possible can always try and use logcat while booting to see what is causing the crash if im not mistaken and upload a log and one of the devs may be able to have a look at it...
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Thanks much for this. I had already attempted the formatting of everything except the SD card before.....but for sh*ts and giggles I tried it one more time. unfortunately that didn't work.
Using the second option, of reverting stock, I went through sleeplessnija's tutorial on reverting. It really didn't seem that bad, taking me longer to setup my work machine than it did to send the fastboot commands. I was able to get it to boot stock (of course I didn't re-lock it) just fine, and it was quick....so it seems like my hardware is fine.
I used fastboot to put the replacement tiamat recovery, and formatted everything in the mounts menu again. I also mounted my SD card as USB storage and used the full format for it under windows. Then i copied N77 and GAPPS back to it, and re-installed them. It got to the second boot logo (first was the shaking team eos, the second is the square thing with rounded corners that moves). It hung for about 10 minutes, and I shut it off. annoyed.
So I went back into recovery, mounted my SD for USB access from my desktop, and copied the unofficial (which I think is now official) CM9 distro from Team Rogue (Steady's Rom I believe?). I formatted everything, and wiped everything (except the SD) again, and installed CM9 and gapps. Booted fine. Configured account, downloaded 90 apps, rebooted, no problems. Played with it for a while, rebooted....no problems.
I like that my xoom is back up and running......however it seemed that Steadies rom is just a little less fully featured than Team EOS. THAT IS NOT A KNOCK AGAINST TEAM ROGUE OR CM9.....my Xoom is working again (so far) thanks to him (them), and I run CM9 on my AT&T GSII. I just really like Team EOS on my Xoom, and have been with them since the beginning. I would love to know why my xoom suddenly hates the latest nightlies (everything since 74).
Edit: I forgot to ask, Joshndroid.....you mentioned running logcat to see what going on. If it can't boot past the dual core logo or the second boot logo from Team EOS....how do I get the logs? I am not familiar with android's logging.....even though I am a flash-a-holic. I am just thinking that if this is happening to me, maybe I can help out the devs (and myself, and maybe someone else) with the log output.
Edit 2: And Josh.....I forgot to tell you .....good call on the revert to stock answer. I didn't think about that before and thought I was screwed!
Thanks!!
Hey guys. I'm trying to figure out what's going wrong with my Transformer. I'm not experienced with Android development/ROM's so please bare with me.
Rooted my first Android device about a month ago. Made a stupid mistake placing the ROM I was planning to use on the external SD card & didn't backup the install I wiped. Recovered with an official Asus ROM & after about two hours fiddling around I managed to root & load my first ROM (Revolver, whoot!). Very pleased with myself!
Have been using the Revolver ROM for a month without any problems. No deep sleep etc, everything worked perfectly. Using the latest version of Clockworkmod, also no issues so far. Strange thing is that since last monday everytime I (re)boot the device it loads CWM instead of the Android OS. I can get back into Android bij holding volume down during boot & choose to cold boot. Not a big issue but very annoying & can't seem to find the fix.
Searched Google & XDA for a solution. Updated Revolver to 1.3.1 beta, also found the repack by Koush for CWM. Tried fixing permissions, clearing cache, clearing dalvik, wiping & starting over, etc. Everything I tried so far does not fix the CWM-loop I seem to be stuck in.
Would really appreciate some help, I'm probably looking in the wrong direction here. Thanks in advance.
Found something
Finally got out of the CWM loop, found a solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622814&page=2
Strange thing is that after I flashed it with the fix CWM changed to the touch mod I recently installed but never seemed to work. If I understand correctly the fix only deleted the first few lines in the config where the boot in recovery flag should be.
Afterwards I factory wiped the unit & flashed it with a clean ROM. Currently re-installing my apps. I do not have a good feeling on this, tablet seems sluggish last couple of days & I can hear a soft click when the unit reboots. Same sort of click a laptop hdd would make.
Think it's dying on me...
Okay, I have honestly searched everywhere - Google, the xda forums, other forums and I still can't find something to help me with this strange problem I have.
PAST SITUATION
I installed TyphooN CyanogenMod ROM v3.5.8 around a month ago and I used it with no major problems (few android.acore repeated force closes that was dealt with by re-installation). During this time, I could power the phone off and power it on with no problems.
PRESENT SITUATION
This is where things go wrong. Recently, I decided to install TyphooN CyanogenMod ROMv3.8.5 (the latest one) by booting into MGDLR, doing a factory reset, wiping the system and dalvik caches and then installing the new 3.8.5 zip file. It installed properly and I booted into Android and was enjoying the new improvements and bug fixes. I had no problems until everything started force closing suddenly so I decided maybe a reset would fix it. AND THIS IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS It boots to the Android Logo and stops there. I waited for 30 mins but it was still stuck at the Android logo and no matter how many times I took the battery out and put it back in and rebooted it, it was still stuck at the Android logo.
HOWEVER when I did a hard reset and wiped the system and dalvik caches and installed it again, it installed fine and booted into the system. When I tried to power it off and power it on again, the same problem happened where it was stuck on the android logo.
WHAT I TRIED TO FIX IT
1) A clean installtion, did a task 29 and installed everything again. Same problem happens.
2) I did a hard reset (wiped system and dalvik caches as well) AND THIS TIME I installed the previous version I was using with no problems (v3.5.8) and I had the same problem! Even with that version it still gets stuck on the Android logo screen.
I can use the ROM perfectly and my phone works fine, but if ever I need to reboot my phone for any issue it won't start up again and gets stuck on the android logo. I have to do a hard reset and re installation for it to work again but that means all my data, files and messages will be lost each time. So you can see the inconvenience I'm facing.
WHAT I THINK IS THE PROBLEM
1) I'm using a fairly old version of ClockworkMod Recovery. That is version 3.0.2.5 (150MB with 5MB Cache as per Typhoon's Requirements). Is this the problem?
2) I didn't remove the SIM and SD card during the entire flashing/reinstallation process. Could this be it?
Should I do a clean installation (task29) and install the previous ROM version I used with no problems and see if the problem still persists or if its only since I installed the new ROM version first?
Thanks for your help. And also I'm sorry I can't post this on the Typhoon ROM thread since I still don't have 10 posts.
did you get things sorted?:cyclops:
Well not yet. I am working on it. Does anyone have a download link to the latest version of ClockworkMod Recovery with 150MB and 5MB cache? I tried the HD2Toolkit and it just doesn't work for me, I plugged in my USB, it indicated USB Debugging was on and meh, it didn't click.
Anyways, I'm going to try task29ing the phone and installing MGDLR and the version of ClockWorkMod Recovery I have and installing the previous version of typhoonmod i used without any problems at all. Hopefully it'll just be a new version of the ROM issue.
I'll post my results here soon.
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WHAT I THINK IS THE PROBLEM
1) I'm using a fairly old version of ClockworkMod Recovery. That is version 3.0.2.5 (150MB with 5MB Cache as per Typhoon's Requirements). Is this the problem?
2) I didn't remove the SIM and SD card during the entire flashing/reinstallation process. Could this be it?
Thanks for your help. And also I'm sorry I can't post this on the Typhoon ROM thread since I still don't have 10 posts.
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Sadly I can't give you any new suggestions, but I can certainly rule these two out as possibilities. I've never taken out the SIM when flashing, and you can't flash without the SD card. Recovery 3.0.2.5 is actually (from what I've heard) the most stable version. Have you tried other ROMs? Although again I highly doubt it's the issue, it's worth a shot.
You might want to consider the possibility of bad blocks, from what I've heard it can cause issues such as this (I don't actually have experience with them) so check for them (a simple forum search should give you a method as to how to do this).
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Well not yet. I am working on it. Does anyone
Anyways, I'm going to try task29ing the phone and installing MGDLR and the version of ClockWorkMod Recovery I have and installing the previous version of typhoonmod i used without any problems at all. Hopefully it'll just be a new version of the ROM issue.
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Okay, So I tried this. The ROM installed fine but when I tried to power off and power on again it didn't work, the same problem happened where it got stuck on the Android logo.
WHAT I DID THEN
I decided enough's enough and that I can't really use my phone with Android if in some case something happens and I have to reboot it, I'll lose all my data and I'll have to reinstall it all over again.
So I switched to Windows 6.5 version 2.10.531.1 running Radio 2.15.50.14 and everything installed perfectly and I even rebooted the phone after installation and it worked. It came on with no problems. I'm guessing this is an issue that only affects Android then.
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Have you tried other ROMs? Although again I highly doubt it's the issue, it's worth a shot.
You might want to consider the possibility of bad blocks, from what I've heard it can cause issues such as this (I don't actually have experience with them) so check for them (a simple forum search should give you a method as to how to do this).
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Thanks for the reply. I have not tried other ROMs out of fear of bricking my phone to be honest. Typhoon ROM is like one of the easiest for a newbie to install.
And yes, when I was searching around the forum, I did come across the issue of bad blocks. Sadly, I totally forgot to check whether it was affecting my NAND before installing WinMo 6.5. I'll try and look around the forums and google on whether I can check my bad block status on WinMo 6.5 somehow. If I can't, I think I'll use WinMo 6.5 for a while now, I can't really bear having to install and reinstall and install and reinstall, I feel like it'll make the bad block situation (If I do have it) worse.
I'm going to play around with WinMo 6.5 ROMs now. But if ever there is any development on my problem, I'll post on this thread and keep people updated.
I do have one question though, will upgrading to WinMo 7.5 be affected by the bad blocks? (If I have it)
Just saying, although it doesn't really matter, it's Windows Phone 7 (not WinMo 7). One's sh*t, and one's brilliant I don't have any actual experience with Windows Phone though, so I wouldn't know.
As for your concern about bricking your phone, there isn't any way you can do that outside of flashing an incorrect radio, and if you have an EU HD2 then AFAIK there isn't really ANY way of bricking it. Try other ROMs, they have exactly the same install process as TyphooN. In fact, starting fresh from WinMo might actually help. As long as you stick to this guide and use the correct partition size, you will never really go wrong. You can obviously also check for bad blocks after you install Android again (if you decide to do so, of course).
I have quite exciting news! well for me at least
I flashed Windows Phone 7.5 on my HD2 and was very impressed with it. It worked nicely and I really liked all the features. One thing I didn't like however was the battery drainage. The battery drained in 6 hours, and the next day it took 15 hours to drain and then again it took 6 hours to drain. I realized I couldn't use a phone daily with such uncertain battery capacity.
So I decided...*breathe*...to try out Android again, the NexusHD2 ROM by tytung in particular and hope and pray I don't have bad blocks and the rebooting problem doesn't occur.
So I uninstalled WP7, repartitioned my SD card, installed Windows 6.5 STOCK and the right radio and MAGDLR, Clockwork Recovery and flashed NexusHD2 and then did the Bad Blocks thingamabob I was supposed to do and accessed the recovery.log but I couldn't find any mention of "bad blocks" or anything related to "bad". But I dunno...
Anyways the good news is NexusHD2 Gingerbread 3.5.7 works really well and I don't have the rebooting problem anymore. Just a few android.process.media force close issues that I'm trying to figure out but the main problem is gone!
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I have quite exciting news! well for me at least
I flashed Windows Phone 7.5 on my HD2 and was very impressed with it. It worked nicely and I really liked all the features. One thing I didn't like however was the battery drainage. The battery drained in 6 hours, and the next day it took 15 hours to drain and then again it took 6 hours to drain. I realized I couldn't use a phone daily with such uncertain battery capacity.
So I decided...*breathe*...to try out Android again, the NexusHD2 ROM by tytung in particular and hope and pray I don't have bad blocks and the rebooting problem doesn't occur.
So I uninstalled WP7, repartitioned my SD card, installed Windows 6.5 STOCK and the right radio and MAGDLR, Clockwork Recovery and flashed NexusHD2 and then did the Bad Blocks thingamabob I was supposed to do and accessed the recovery.log but I couldn't find any mention of "bad blocks" or anything related to "bad". But I dunno...
Anyways the good news is NexusHD2 Gingerbread 3.5.7 works really well and I don't have the rebooting problem anymore. Just a few android.process.media force close issues that I'm trying to figure out but the main problem is gone!
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Good to hear that, and it's also good that you don't have any bad blocks. Even then, you shouldn't have the FC problems, so this is quite confusing.
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Good to hear that, and it's also good that you don't have any bad blocks. Even then, you shouldn't have the FC problems, so this is quite confusing.
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Funny thing really, I did some testing and the process.android.media force closes every time I try to open the android market ONLY AFTER I have powered off and powered on the device AFTER flashing the ROM. If I don't power off the device after flashing the ROM, I don't have that problem at all and I can access the android market with no problems.
Just to be on the safe side however and since I've decided to keep on using NexusHD2 daily, I've backed up all the system files (after a clean re-installation) with Titanium backup so if ever I have to reboot the device, I can hopefully prevent the force close messages from appearing. I've also updated the android market to the latest version just for kicks.
When trying to fix the force close problems earlier, I went to the MAGDLR bootloader screen, proceeded to the CWM menu, tapped into Advanced and fixed permissions. When I booted into Android, the force close messages stopped appearing, however the android market wouldn't open. It would appear briefly and then close automatically without displaying any sort of error message. Strange.
I seriously think I haven't done the bad blocks check properly. I'm sure I have some since this phone is around two and half years old now and was passed on to me by my brother after he experimented around with it as well. I followed AngelDeath's post in the Bad Block Awareness thread but couldn't find any mention of bad blocks and found only a few mentions of the word "block" itself on the recover.log. I didn't find anything similar to his extract of his log on the first post of that thread as well. I'm doing something wrong.
SpoonyVoid said:
Funny thing really, I did some testing and the process.android.media force closes every time I try to open the android market ONLY AFTER I have powered off and powered on the device AFTER flashing the ROM. If I don't power off the device after flashing the ROM, I don't have that problem at all and I can access the android market with no problems.
Just to be on the safe side however and since I've decided to keep on using NexusHD2 daily, I've backed up all the system files (after a clean re-installation) with Titanium backup so if ever I have to reboot the device, I can hopefully prevent the force close messages from appearing. I've also updated the android market to the latest version just for kicks.
When trying to fix the force close problems earlier, I went to the MAGDLR bootloader screen, proceeded to the CWM menu, tapped into Advanced and fixed permissions. When I booted into Android, the force close messages stopped appearing, however the android market wouldn't open. It would appear briefly and then close automatically without displaying any sort of error message. Strange.
I seriously think I haven't done the bad blocks check properly. I'm sure I have some since this phone is around two and half years old now and was passed on to me by my brother after he experimented around with it as well. I followed AngelDeath's post in the Bad Block Awareness thread but couldn't find any mention of bad blocks and found only a few mentions of the word "block" itself on the recover.log. I didn't find anything similar to his extract of his log on the first post of that thread as well. I'm doing something wrong.
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Ah that may be the problem then. You shouldn't really be touching anything immediately after flashing. Let the ROM settle for 5 minutes, complete the set up and then reboot a few times. As for why the Android Market isn't opening, once again am completely stumped, sorry. Try clearing the app data and cache then opening it again. I don't know whether or not this would work, but try to install a new play store.apk (e.g. the updated one in the HD2 Android Themes and Apps section) and try again. On no ROMs have I ever had this issue.
As for your being unsure about the bad blocks, I would be inclined to agree with you there, as it seems unlikely that after so long there would still be no bad blocks, especially if you and your brother were often flashing things.
dmesg command from a terminal emulator might give some info on the presence of bad blocks, if you haven't already tried it.
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A logcat would be really useful when:
-ever your ROM gets stuck after a reboot.
- You face any random force close.
I used to have issues with the market closing without any error, it turned out to be unsupported where I was. In the new google play, it'd open, but nothing shows up. Fixed it by using DroidVPN.
Was the market working prior to this problem?
Also, have you checked the battery pins? (sometimes, they cause unpredictable problems)
You could also give cLK a shot, and see if the problem persists.