I tried yesterday to one-click root my MT3G following unlockr.
Got the Amon-Ra recovery on there, but it hung on the green MT3G splash screen when I tried flashing cyanogen 4.1.11 .
Waited like over 20 minutes. So I took out battery, and tried to boot again. Same thing. So I rebooted into recovery and tried flashing ROM again.
No matter what ROM I tried, I got a "E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (bad)" message. (I redownloaded ROMs from different sources given the message thinking maybe they were bad or incomlplete, but nothing worked).
I finally did a nandroid restore.
Now I'm not sure where I am. Given that I restored my stock nandroid backup, my understanding is I'm no longer rooted. Though, I am still able to boot into the Amon-Ra recovery. which I thought would have not still been possible. I downloaded better terminal and tried typing "su" but it wouldn't let me continue, so that confirms not rooted, right?
Do I run the recovery flasher app again (which is still on the phone), and reflash a recovery image? Or should I delete the app and redownload the recovery flasher apk.
Just not sure how to safely retry.
You need to provide more details about your process. I actually unrooted mine previously done with Cyanogen Recovery and rerooted with same instructions on that site only this time with Amon Ra recovery image without problems. In my case I wanted the option of formatting partitions. Maybe you should try Cyanogen stable Rom first, like 3.68.1 version. I had an issue with 4.1.11.1 after I partitioned the card so I did 3.68.1>4.0.4>4.1.11.1.
I installed CyanogenMod 5.0 last night and when i was finished flashing and turned the phone back on it stayed on the animation screen for about 15 minutes then i just pulled the battery (usually boots to OS much faster). Is this expected when updating the ROM?
if you can boot up into bootloader, then you are ok...did u do a backup b4 flashing?
Yes i can get into bootloader and I followed every step on.
http://theunlockr.com/2010/01/08/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-nexus-one/
If you can get back into the bootloader then you're fine, make sure you followed the steps correctly, if you did a nandroid backup first like you should have then try recoverying that and see if you can boot. The first time you flash a rom it usually takes a while to boot. Luckily you didn't pull it during the radio flash or you would be SOL.
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If you can get back into the bootloader then you're fine, make sure you followed the steps correctly, if you did a nandroid backup first like you should have then try recoverying that and see if you can boot. The first time you flash a rom it usually takes a while to boot. Luckily you didn't pull it during the radio flash or you would be SOL.
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I dont think i did nandroid backup, but i can get into bootloader, should i do the whole process over and do a nandroid backup this time?
Wipe your phone.
Flash the ROM, then flash the google add on in his thread.
Reboot.
Go back to recovery.
Make a nandroid.
Reboot.
david1171 said:
Wipe your phone.
Flash the ROM, then flash the google add on in his thread.
Reboot.
Go back to recovery.
Make a nandroid.
Reboot.
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Do i flash the recovery image again or just flash the rom.
just the rom...you already have the recovery installed
Well i wiped the phone and rebooted now it works fine. Thanks
glad to hear you are back up and running...
I recently rooted and attempted to flash a rom to my evo. I have tried both clockwork and RA 2.3 currently. I flashed the stock rooted rom as well as synergy. I keep getting the bootloader evertime I reboot.
I flashed the rom with RA it says that it was successful, but I keep getting the bootloader. Did I change a setting in the boot loader and miss it? I have also tried booting the phone without the sd card in the phone.
I also tried wiping the
-Data
-Cache
-Dalvik Cache
-.android_secure
-System
3x each and then reflashed
Any help is appreciated sorry if I rambled but Im trying to include any important information.
Jimmy
Wipe boot, system, cache, data, dalvik, and then flash. I did this and I got no issues. Just be sure to use a proper nandroid backup to restore too. I used twrp as my default recovery and RA as my secondary for when I wanted to wipe boot if I was having issues (I kept getting bootloops) so I say try that and report back here.
My phone went dead last night so Ill leave it to charge all day and try it again, I had previously tried wiping all 5 that I had listed in the op 3 times and then flashed. I will try it again this afternoon.
Just a thought, you may want to reflash your recovery
so I DL the image from forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7889836&postcount=18 and then DL the cyanogen rom. I followed the same steps as I had multiple done multiple times and explained above but this time it worked.
Maybe it was the RA version I was using, not real sure.
I appreciate the help again.
I have my recovery become corrupt twice since I got this phone in February.
Reflashing Recovery fixed it both times
Not sure if this should be in general, so apoligies if I'm in the worng place... Anyway, I was running the first Cyanogenmod nightly and tried to update to the latest. After updating, the phone stuck at the M logo. I can't get into clockwork but can get into stock recovery.
I can sbf, reroot, reinstall gingerbread, and it works fine. whenever I apply the latest cyanogenmod nightly I get stuck on the M logo.
Each time, after sbf I'm doing factory rest and wiping cache at each step. Works right up to the CM part. I also tried sbf, then OTA update, then the CM nightly, same result.
Looking for suggestions on other things to try... I really want to get CM working on this phone again, because I can't stand the stock!!
If you install CM and it boots back up and gets stuck, try going to stock recovery and doing a wipe data and cache and it should boot into CM.
When you install the CM7, make sure the FIRST TIME you are about to boot into CM7 you do a full data/factory reset (with bootloader) not stock, because it will bootloot every time if it tries to boot with the gingerbread settings, and after the first try, i couldnt get factory resets to work from the stock recovery.
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When you install the CM7, make sure the FIRST TIME you are about to boot into CM7 you do a full data/factory reset (with bootloader) not stock, because it will bootloot every time if it tries to boot with the gingerbread settings, and after the first try, i couldnt get factory resets to work from the stock recovery.
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This happened to me. I'm trying to do this for a friends phone and I am a little unfamiliar with Motorola because I have an EVO. Could you describe the steps for doing a full/data factory reset with bootloader?
The nightlies must be screwed up or something cause I'm having the exact same problem. I can SBF, flash the pre-rooted Gingerbread, and install the bootstrap Clockwork Recovery, but as soon as I flash one of the later nightlies, it's stuck at the Motorola logo with no where to go. Data wipe using stock recovery after words doesn't help at all.
Will be SBF'ing, and re-flashing, then will wipe data and cache while still in Clockwork Recovery and I will report back if this works.
my does the same, I flash back to stock 2.2, OTA to Gingerbread, root using droid 3, install the clockmod recovery, wipe, format, clear cache, install CM7, again wipe, format and clear cache, now it is stuck on M logo. factory recovery won't even give me the option of wipe and clear cache option. Looks like I am going back to stock again without CM7.
My mistake, I've downloaded the wrong kernel, you must get GB CM7 or it will loop.
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my does the same, I flash back to stock 2.2, OTA to Gingerbread, root using droid 3, install the clockmod recovery, wipe, format, clear cache, install CM7, again wipe, format and clear cache, now it is stuck on M logo. factory recovery won't even give me the option of wipe and clear cache option. Looks like I am going back to stock again without CM7. Avoid cm7 at all cost unless someone has a solution to fix this.
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I'm assuming you guys are installing CM7 version for OTA GB. Simple mistake but I know it happens.
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The nightlies must be screwed up or something cause I'm having the exact same problem. I can SBF, flash the pre-rooted Gingerbread, and install the bootstrap Clockwork Recovery, but as soon as I flash one of the later nightlies, it's stuck at the Motorola logo with no where to go. Data wipe using stock recovery after words doesn't help at all.
Will be SBF'ing, and re-flashing, then will wipe data and cache while still in Clockwork Recovery and I will report back if this works.
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This is true, dunno why CM Team is not updating the nightlies, I've tried everything, already SBFed to 2.2, updated to 2.3, rooted 2.3, wiped everything, flashed, no go, but boot loop.
I have managed to get earlier nightlies working b4 but it seems the latest nightlies are broken, can someone test them out???
Trust me, I've rooted enough phones to know what to do here (look at my sigs), these CM7.1 D2 nightlies DO NOT WORK!
The worst part about D2 is that you have to start from scratch once you end up in a boot loop, meaning you have to unroot back to 2.2 SBF, update to 2.3, then try flashing, a process that takes about 30 minutes. I've done it all day long yesterday and today, now trying to get some of the older nightlies to work.
i'm helping my co-worker put on CM for the first time and i got this same thing. i dont want to buy her a new phone. how do i fix this? im a long time htc user and so this is all new to me.
I used stock recovery, rebooted, still stuck. I'm having to sbf and I'm even having issues with that. Definitely gonna stick with Liberty until this gets sorted out now.
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I used stock recovery, rebooted, still stuck. I'm having to sbf and I'm even having issues with that. Definitely gonna stick with Liberty until this gets sorted out now.
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I was having alot of issues from not reading and thinking that I had to be on the GB OTA.
I read somewhere that you are supposed to be on Verizon 2.3.20 with sbf then do a factory wipe. Afterwards you root with ADB. Then you use droid bootstrab 1.0.0.5 to install the nightly after factory wiping once more.
I kept thinking I had to be on the latest OTA and I would get stuck on the M every time. Then I ran into the cyanogenmod wiki for the droid2.. Now I am just stuck wondering about overclocking, but at least I have a working cm now
nadcicle said:
I was having alot of issues from not reading and thinking that I had to be on the GB OTA.
I read somewhere that you are supposed to be on Verizon 2.3.20 with sbf then do a factory wipe. Afterwards you root with ADB. Then you use droid bootstrab 1.0.0.5 to install the nightly after factory wiping once more.
I kept thinking I had to be on the latest OTA and I would get stuck on the M every time. Then I ran into the cyanogenmod wiki for the droid2.. Now I am just stuck wondering about overclocking, but at least I have a working cm now
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After going with sbf nightmare after nightmare and having to buy a new battery, I finally got restored to stock and then rerooted, sticking with Liberty until I can easily flash CM like anything else without all the added steps.
Hello,
First, sorry for my bad english and knowledge on flash/root.
I flashed Slimbean on my P700, everything worked fine, expect of the modem. I tried other ones, but didn't work.
So I decided to change the ROM and flashed CM10.2 on my L7 which was working fine until battery was empty. After loading my phone, I wanted to start it, but it stayed in a bootloop on the boot animation. I tried everything, wipe/dalvik wipe, flashing slimbean --> still bootloop
Now I thought, maybe CM11 could work, but still the same problem, I formated everything expect of sd, wipe/dalvik wipe, flashed the ROM, Gapps and kernel, but still the bootloop...
Any ideas?
It may take a while on first boot. But if it don't load you could restore a backup of you have one or flash a kdz or use LG update tool to fix your issue. Other than that make sure you have word everything in recovery and format system, data and cache before flashing a rom. Do not flash kernel before first boot unless it's required.
I can add to that to flash ROM only without gapps just to get OS to boot correctly.
I already solved it.
I whiped everything, formatted everything except of external sd and than first only flashed the ROM and rebooted, all worked, than i installed the Gaps, rebooted, and last i flashed the kernel, now it works fine but i will never ever reboot my phone or let battery get empty ^^ no more
thanks for your help