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ok so after rooting my shift i followed all the steps got the recovery on there and downloaded a ROM and wiped everything and when the rom flashed it said error 7 instalation aborted so i hit reboot system now just to see what would happen because i did wipe everything so i was expecting to be stuck at the boot img..no problem was just playing around but the thing actually booted in a rom that looks 100% stock....what happened
even tho the ROM looks 100% stock it is def not i have adfree and esfile explorer added to app drawer now if its gonna flash the rom anyways why does cw 2.5.1 tell me its a no go with a stauts 7 i have even formatted my card to wipe it 100% and the same thing happens>?

when you "wipe" you're not wiping the rom. The data, cache etc yes. Only a rom install overwrites a prior rom. unless you format the phone.

RyteSyde said:
when you "wipe" you're not wiping the rom. The data, cache etc yes. Only a rom install overwrites a prior rom. unless you format the phone.
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yeah it must have just been an issue with the rom i was flashing because i flashed another one no problem thanks for that bit of info though

I had no problem flash nfinites stock rom...must have been something you did...not so much the rom...
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JKILO said:
I had no problem flash nfinites stock rom...must have been something you did...not so much the rom...
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People that flashed the base steel posted had similiar issues. E.G. if you were on cm6 and wiped, then flashed the base, you'd boot into a fresh cm6. The partitions were setup wrong, I believe.
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smoothtaste said:
People that flashed the base steel posted had similiar issues. E.G. if you were on cm6 and wiped, then flashed the base, you'd boot into a fresh cm6. The partitions were setup wrong, I believe.
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Ok my fault...never took notice..thanks
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I just rooted for the first time yesterday so I'm fairly new to all this... is it common practice to wipe cahce/dalvik prior to flashing any ROM?
I've gone back and forth from the stock ROM to another custom Sense ROM without wiping and no issues. Is it only advised if something goes wrong? Also, is there an issue with just going into recovery and wiping cache when NOT flashing a new ROM (just rebooting to the same one I'm using)? Thanks for the help.

HolyShift said:
I just rooted for the first time yesterday so I'm fairly new to all this... is it common practice to wipe cahce/dalvik prior to flashing any ROM?
I've gone back and forth from the stock ROM to another custom Sense ROM without wiping and no issues. Is it only advised if something goes wrong? Also, is there an issue with just going into recovery and wiping cache when NOT flashing a new ROM (just rebooting to the same one I'm using)? Thanks for the help.
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Its good practice to always wipe. You may get by without it a few flashes. But eventually you'll be haunted by force closes, boot loops, etc.
Personally when I flash a new rom after the data, cache and dalvik wipes I format my boot, system, data and cache partitions manually via the mounts menu.
From experience, to truly see changes in rom updates or properly enjoy an entirely different one, this eliminates most problems before they ever manifest.
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help phone keep restarting

hello guys plz help... my phone was rooted and s=off.
I was trying different rom today(CM7,CM6.12, ICE 1.16,and evil's Desire Z) after trying all, i dl the wrong rom for CM6.12(not for mytouch 4g) and flashed, and have error. it said open rom manager to report the issue. after that i flashed back to ice1.16, the phone keep restarting, same as Evil's Desire Z or the CM 7. any idea how to fix it? thanks!!!
kofpk said:
hello guys plz help... my phone was rooted and s=off.
I was trying different rom today(CM7,CM6.12, ICE 1.16,and evil's Desire Z) after trying all, i dl the wrong rom for CM6.12(not for mytouch 4g) and flashed, and have error. it said open rom manager to report the issue. after that i flashed back to ice1.16, the phone keep restarting, same as Evil's Desire Z or the CM 7. any idea how to fix it? thanks!!!
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It sounds like you might have corrupted your recovery. You'll need to reflash it through rom manager, or through advanced if you can't get the phone to actually boot.
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kofpk said:
hello guys plz help... my phone was rooted and s=off.
I was trying different rom today(CM7,CM6.12, ICE 1.16,and evil's Desire Z) after trying all, i dl the wrong rom for CM6.12(not for mytouch 4g) and flashed, and have error. it said open rom manager to report the issue. after that i flashed back to ice1.16, the phone keep restarting, same as Evil's Desire Z or the CM 7. any idea how to fix it? thanks!!!
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jmwils3 said:
It sounds like you might have corrupted your recovery. You'll need to reflash it through rom manager, or through advanced if you can't get the phone to actually boot.
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Although jmwils3 may be right to me it sounds like you have not Factory reset your phone through recovery, either that or you need to wipe your Dalvik cache and normal cache... personally I do a factory wipe through recovery twice and wipe norm cache and dalvik cache twice just to be safe. when you flash between roms and dont fully wipe, your phone retains some of the information from the previous rom which creates issues with the one you want to use.
try what I said, IMHO I think that's what is going on and not a corrupted Recovery as you were romming not flashing a new recovery
thanks
thanks for the reply... i reflashed the stock recovery.img and it work now.
kofpk said:
thanks for the reply... i reflashed the stock recovery.img and it work now.
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Good to hear, bro
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[Q] Reset back to stock ROM?
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Triketra said:
Although jmwils3 may be right to me it sounds like you have not Factory reset your phone through recovery, either that or you need to wipe your Dalvik cache and normal cache... personally I do a factory wipe through recovery twice and wipe norm cache and dalvik cache twice just to be safe. when you flash between roms and dont fully wipe, your phone retains some of the information from the previous rom which creates issues with the one you want to use.
try what I said, IMHO I think that's what is going on and not a corrupted Recovery as you were romming not flashing a new recovery
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Little known fact learned from option94 wiping cache is wiping dalvik cache also
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one u flash stock go get clockworkmod aka rom manager and install the newest recovery within the app. you should be able to download and restore any rom without bootloop.

[Q] can't install nightlys

I recovered back to froyo from cm7 7.0.3 thinking I would give the gingerbread update a try. After seeing what bugs they had on gingerbread I went back fresh to cm7. I have cm7 7.0.3 on it no problem but when I try to put the newest nightly on it it does'nt do anything. It will download the nightly but when I tap it to install it say it will boot into recovery but dose'nt. I've tried it with 86,87 nightlys and it has done the same thing. Any help would be nice. Thanks.
Im guessing you are using ROM manager. If you are, dont. Just download the nightly zip from the thread on here for cm7, place on your sd card, reboot into recovery, nandroid, wipe cache and dalvik, and flash.
sitlet said:
Im guessing you are using ROM manager. If you are, dont. Just download the nightly zip from the thread on here for cm7, place on your sd card, reboot into recovery, nandroid, wipe cache and dalvik, and flash.
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This. ROM manager, while convenient, is kind of a plague to us. This is because people learn to do all of their recovery based work through it and never learn how to work with the recovery (obvious by the fact that you haven't just booted into recovery and done it yourself, OP).
So do as this smart poster says.
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SoraX64 said:
This. ROM manager, while convenient, is kind of a plague to us. This is because people learn to do all of their recovery based work through it and never learn how to work with the recovery (obvious by the fact that you haven't just booted into recovery and done it yourself, OP).
So do as this smart poster says.
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I have done that in the past. It's just much easier to do it through rom manager. Used it several times before with no problems.
dvrdwn said:
I have done that in the past. It's just much easier to do it through rom manager. Used it several times before with no problems.
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Have you tried clearing the data and cache with ROM manager and trying again?
dvrdwn said:
I have done that in the past. It's just much easier to do it through rom manager. Used it several times before with no problems.
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Well now you ARE having a problem. And it's really not that much easier. Again, download zip, reboot to recovery, nandroid, clear cache and dalvik, and flash. Literally takes maybe 10 seconds more than Rom manager.

atrix non responsive after cm7

I was running cm7 since it was first released. I got a new phone so i decided to give my atrix to my younger brother. The problem is after i went through the process of putting the phone back to stock, there now seems to be dead zones on the phone. For example i cannot press the w,e,s, keys. Can anyone help me or tell me if i've done something wrong?
I'm not sure you did anything wrong specifically. Did you make sure the clear all the cache? How did you put stock back on it (IE. flashed stock via CWM, moto fastboot, etc)?.
Boot into recovery, wipe dalvik cache, system cache, reflash your firmware of choice, reboot.
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Ive had numerous problems with cm7 for atrix but ive found that backup everything you need with titanium backup and then just reflash the rom and wipe the data and davlik cache and it should. But yh there are lots of issues with the cm7 rom for atrix but its still in beta so dont worry too much it will be ok when there are more updates
Sam
samdrake112 said:
But yh there are lots of issues with the cm7 rom for atrix but its still in beta so dont worry too much it will be ok when there are more updates
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The CM7 beta does not have the issues that the OP described so please don't let him think that's the reason.
OP, re-flash your phone with a different ROM or with CM7 again and see if it still persists.

Can't run Sense based ROMs

My wife and I both have MyTouch 4Gs and both of our phones exhibit this problem. Whenever I load a Sense based ROM both phones reboot without warning. The last time I had a Sense based ROM on her phone it would continuously reboot when plugged in to the charger. I loaded a Sense based ROM on my phone last night to try out and it would reboot every few minutes. I've probably tried six or seven different Sense based ROMs and the rebooting issue always happens. Both of our phones are currently running a CM7 based ROM and working fine. Anyone else see the same issue?
greenmaze said:
My wife and I both have MyTouch 4Gs and both of our phones exhibit this problem. Whenever I load a Sense based ROM both phones reboot without warning. The last time I had a Sense based ROM on her phone it would continuously reboot when plugged in to the charger. I loaded a Sense based ROM on my phone last night to try out and it would reboot every few minutes. I've probably tried six or seven different Sense based ROMs and the rebooting issue always happens. Both of our phones are currently running a CM7 based ROM and working fine. Anyone else see the same issue?
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Did you verify the MD5SUM post pushing the ROM to the SD Card.
neidlinger said:
Did you verify the MD5SUM post pushing the ROM to the SD Card.
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+1 this
And/or are you flashing anithing else right after flashing the rom? If you are, don't. Just flash the from and reboot. Also, make sure you're found a full complete wipe. Wiping data, cache and dalvik before flashing.
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That problem can also be caused by the phone being overclocked a little too much. Try changing speed and voltage to match stock.
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neidlinger said:
Did you verify the MD5SUM post pushing the ROM to the SD Card.
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Yes, I verified this.
coupetastic-droid said:
And/or are you flashing anithing else right after flashing the rom? If you are, don't. Just flash the from and reboot. Also, make sure you're found a full complete wipe. Wiping data, cache and dalvik before flashing.
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No, not flashing anything else. Yes, I wiped data, cache, and dalvik before flashing.
eqjunkie829 said:
That problem can also be caused by the phone being overclocked a little too much. Try changing speed and voltage to match stock.
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I'm not sure what those ROMs were overclocked too, but I'm running CM7 at about 1209MHz right now and have no issues.
greenmaze said:
Yes, I verified this.
No, not flashing anything else. Yes, I wiped data, cache, and dalvik before flashing.
I'm not sure what those ROMs were overclocked too, but I'm running CM7 at about 1209MHz right now and have no issues.
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You need to do a complete factory restore via the recovery image. the /system is the most important part to make sure is wiped. And from that statement you're not doing that.
neidlinger said:
You need to do a complete factory restore via the recovery image. the /system is the most important part to make sure is wiped. And from that statement you're not doing that.
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Is a complete factory restore simply finding and flashing a stock image?
greenmaze said:
Is a complete factory restore simply finding and flashing a stock image?
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No. Neidlinger is referring to a full wipe of /system /data and both caches prior to flashing a new rom.
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greenmaze said:
Is a complete factory restore simply finding and flashing a stock image?
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No. Neidlinger is referring to a full wipe of /system /data and both caches prior to flashing a new rom.
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@EQJUNKIE829 hit the nail on the head. Just flashing a new OS isn't wiping the old one. You need to do a nandroid backup of your current OS, then do a complete factory reset. It WILL NOT wipe the recovery image or the hBoot. Then flash the new OS.
No matter how many threads I say to wipe the bloody system partition in, there is always this problem. Its frustrating.
Help my phone acts weird.
Did you do a full wipe?
Yes
Are you sure? You wiped the system partition?
Umm, I dunno. I think so.
:faceplam: Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache and reflash.
That fixed it. Thanks!
Sure thing! :hangs self:
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No matter how many threads I say to wipe the bloody system partition in, there is always this problem. Its frustrating.
Help my phone acts weird.
Did you do a full wipe?
Yes
Are you sure? You wiped the system partition?
Umm, I dunno. I think so.
:faceplam: Wipe system, data, cache and dalvik cache and reflash.
That fixed it. Thanks!
Sure thing! :hangs self:
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This person only has 5 post on XDA you could go a tad lighter.
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This person only has 5 post on XDA you could go a tad lighter.
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Oh no. I wasn't upset with them. Just in general. Its almost ALWAYS a wipe issue, and people just don't get it. I'm just griping period
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Clean wipe before install and check md5um

[Help] Every thing wiped, now what?

So here's my story:
I was kinda sick of the stock ROM, so I wanted to try out the Open Kang Projekt's ICS. And in order to do that I need to install Clockworkmod on my devise, and I did. But instead of installing the official CWM (which is version 4.0.0.4), I tried this: [Recovery] ClockworkMod - 5.5.0.4 - (Update: 03/18/12), I think it has the latest ICS kernel included or something (I'm not sure, that's what he said). And then I installed Kang's ICS ROM. Everything worked out just fine, except for the fact that it takes me every time about 5 minutes to boot, which is really a pain 'cause my tab crashes alot, and there are other bugs as well. So I decided to have a stable ROM instead of an unofficial ICS. But now I can't install any other ROM. I tried CLEAN ROM, team Overcome's ROM etc. but there's no luck, I'm always stuck at boot (Yes, I did wiped anything I could in CWM).
So now, what can I do?
I have wiped everything and flashed the official CWM 4.0.0.4 with Odin onto my tab, and I think that's the only thing I have on my tab now.
If I want to install Overcome's ROM now, what do I need. Do I need to install a bootloader? A kernel? What kind/version do I need. Shall I install the kernel first and then the ROM or the other way round?
And if I want to go back to stock, what do I have to do? Can I do that with Kies?
Really need some advice here. Hope you guys can help me.
BTW, my devise is Galaxy Tab 10.1 Wifi only.
Whenever I change my ROM, I always follow the steps outlined in S0ckM0nk3y's guide (stickied in the development section).
1. Use Odin to flash stock ROM
2. Boot into stock recovery and do a factory reset (I do it 3 times cuz I'm anal), also wipe the cache too
3. Now you should be back to stock ROM.
Make sure to thank S0ckM0nk3y for his very helpful post!!
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Do you mean the root and unroot thread? I don't really think that's what I need but I'll try to flash the stock from via Odin as you said. Thank you for your advises.
Yes, the root/unroot thread. Doing what I posted will get you to stock ROM. From there, you can try to load another ROM. I personally recommend task14 ROM. Make sure you read all instructions thoroughly as many times as necessary so that you fully understand the steps before you go on and flash anything. Task's page is pretty straightforward.
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Thank you. Everything's fine now. After installing the stock rom via odin I still got stuck at boot, but then I flashed the stock recovery (the 3e one) and did a factory reset with it, everything is back to normal now. I'm on stock rom again. Thank you very much for your replies.
That's quite the process. Not sure what went wrong for you in the first place (sounds like you've never done this before, from the wording of your questions), but all I do when I flash a new ROM is wipe (dalvik, then full wipe) and then flash. Never had to use ODIN except to flash CWM (and I've only done that twice, once when I got the tab and again a few weeks ago when the CM9 team released their variant).
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That's quite the process. Not sure what went wrong for you in the first place (sounds like you've never done this before, from the wording of your questions), but all I do when I flash a new ROM is wipe (dalvik, then full wipe) and then flash.
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That's what I meant when I said "I wiped everything I could". I did wipe dalvik cache, full wipe with CWM recovery 5.5.0.4 but somehow that did not work.
But now everything's fine again, after I wipe data/factory reset with the stock recovery instead of CWM.
I'm not sure of what went wrong either, but since everything is back to normal now, I think I'll leave it this way, no more custom rom.
browy said:
That's what I meant when I said "I wiped everything I could". I did wipe dalvik cache, full wipe with CWM recovery 5.5.0.4 but somehow that did not work.
But now everything's fine again, after I wipe data/factory reset with the stock recovery instead of CWM.
I'm not sure of what went wrong either, but since everything is back to normal now, I think I'll leave it this way, no more custom rom.
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I was actually referring to Swammy's process. No big deal. I can't imagine using a stock ROM at this point (especially since I've been using ICS for over a month now), but to each his own.
The only reason I go through that whole ordeal is because I hate all the cluttered folders on my sd, and cwm won't clean up any of that after a wipe. I admit, my method is a bit anal...but I do always go to stock, then wipe, then install cwm and load a fresh ROM. Is there a better method that I a unaware of? I am open to suggestions!
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Swammy1979 said:
The only reason I go through that whole ordeal is because I hate all the cluttered folders on my sd, and cwm won't clean up any of that after a wipe. I admit, my method is a bit anal...but I do always go to stock, then wipe, then install cwm and load a fresh ROM. Is there a better method that I a unaware of? I am open to suggestions!
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I just use storage analyser from the market and occasionally clean house manually. Takes 2-3 minutes, and forces me to stay aware of how the storage is used (I do the same thing on my windows computer, though it takes much longer!). I probably have some useless directories but, honestly, there's no advantage to having the vanilla folder structure. But, if that's your purpose, I don't know another way. I just pointed that out because noobs will read this thread and since your post is the first response, I'm just playing damage control...
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I just use storage analyser from the market and occasionally clean house manually. Takes 2-3 minutes, and forces me to stay aware of how the storage is used (I do the same thing on my windows computer, though it takes much longer!). I probably have some useless directories but, honestly, there's no advantage to having the vanilla folder structure. But, if that's your purpose, I don't know another way. I just pointed that out because noobs will read this thread and since your post is the first response, I'm just playing damage control...
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Good call!
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