For a couple of months I was under the impression the first wipe option in recovery (been using Amon RA's) totally cleared out *everything* while the other two options cleared out both cache's.
Now, I've been flashing roms almost daily for two months and now I feel stupid.
It didn't hit me until just now that even if I wipe all three multiple times, I can still boot into the rom.
It probably doesn't matter, but out of curiosity; is it possible to completely wipe a rom out of your memory?
Edit - oops wrong forum, meant for Q & A sorry mod please move =x
I was under the impression that it should be deleteing everything... Try clockwork.
I think when you flash a new rom, it completes the wipe. Not a dev though.
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So, just a few hours ago I decided to install ADWLauncher, then I noticed my phone was acting VERY sluggish no matter what I did;uninstall ADW, restart, wipe cache, dalvik, and now my very last attempt is nand restore...but I'm getting the error "Error: run 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore' via adb" I'm not familiar with adb, so bear with me.
If it's any help, I'm on Virus ROM with Carbon theme.
I've had no prior problems like this or at all.
I know how to use a computer and do commands, but I'll need some guidance with adb, etc.
--------- I tried posting in Q&A but no replies thus far and I'm freakin' out because I really need my phone.
Try charging your battery for awhile...
apristel said:
Try charging your battery for awhile...
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I was hoping that would be the solution, but I popped in my fully charged battery and keep getting boot loops too, and still won't restore my backups...
We wipe the system and instead of restoring the NAND backup just load up a new ROM. You can restore after you get it working.
Try that.
mrmomoman said:
We wipe the system and instead of restoring the NAND backup just load up a new ROM. You can restore after you get it working.
Try that.
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Wiping the system as in wiping data/factory reset, wiping cache, wiping dalvik?
Sweet Jesus, I fixed it! I did what you suggested although I tried that earlier and it didn't work. Thanks a lot guys.
Hello,
i have installed costum roms for an year now and never had any problem till now so i know what i was doing.
Installed new font and then rebooted - then i got boot loop .. have no idea how i got it but..
so i installed a new rom . wipe data- cache- dalvik - install new rom.
now after i rebooted it show me "google" name - i am able to go into recovery but it does not show boot animation and just black screen of death .
i believe the phone is dead - lol i am sorry and happy in the same time - will buy a new one Yay.
But i want to understand what did i done wrong so i will not do it again .
if you have any idea why i got it pls share with me or a way to undo it.
thank,
Daniel.
It's really not enough data from you to say what you did wrong
Also may be you did all ok but things happen
Have you wiped cache and dalvik after first stuck at boot? I would do it as a first cure.
I would do it also now.
Any more data what was your stock system, which system did you try to flash?
And a good but last recovery when nothing more helps is flashing of a proper sbf file
corrinti said:
It's really not enough data from you to say what you did wrong
Also may be you did all ok but things happen
Have you wiped cache and dalvik after first stuck at boot? I would do it as a first cure.
I would do it also now.
Any more data what was your stock system, which system did you try to flash?
And a good but last recovery when nothing more helps is flashing of a proper sbf file
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thank you for your post.
Quarx ROM was broken. and when i installed MIG i had the same issue .
i had to wait several hours and suddenly it worked.
So i have installed back MIG ROM - best rom ever.
and every thing working just fine.
just for some reason after you install new FONT and do a soft reboot you may get boot loop .
have no idea why and Yes i did Wipe Cache and Wipe Dalvik first and had no effect..
Guys, its my first time to try to do some modding on Android and unfortunately Im stuck with a problem.
I did a good install with drivers, unlocked it successfully then installed TWRP 2.5 mako. after installing TWRP, I locked my phone again. Then I went to TWRP recovery then made a backup. After backup was complete, I was to reboot but was prompted something like "my device seemed not to be rooted. Do you like to install SU?" But I choose "dot not install" instead. Then it rebooted. Then the Google logo showed up longer than usual, then the X logo and was stuck on it from there. I waited till morning thinkin the phone might be configuring itself for the first time after all the things I have done but to my surprise, when I got up this morning, still on the X logo! I then tried to reset by pressing the power button for some seconds. It rebooted but same thing happens, google logo showed up for a longer time than usual then stuck again on the X logo. Then I tried fastboot, it did went to fastboot. Tried to reset bootloader, tried using TWRP reset system and reboot but still no success.
What do you think happenede and what did I do wrong? What should I do now to fix this.
Im really nervous now thinking I might have bricked my phone. Im a newbie so I really have no idea..
Hope you guys could help. Thanks!
Try clearing cache in twrp if that doesn't work flash the stock recovery and clear cache from there.
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Try clearing cache in twrp if that doesn't work flash the stock recovery and clear cache from there.
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thanks for the reply. You mean using "Wipe" in twrp right? After choosing wipe, i was prompted with 2 button options and a swipe option. 1 button was "advance wipe", the other was "format data" and the swipe option was "swipe to factory reset" what should I use? It says "factory reset wipes data, cache and dalvik (not including internal storage). Most of the time this is the only wipe that you need." You mentioned to try to clear cache, do you mean to say the data and dalvic as well? If so then should I choose the swip option which is "factory reset"?
Thanks again..
Nope just the cache. This phone sometimes has issues when wiping data/cache from the bootloader. (Which is what happens when you unlock the bootloader) The way to fix the bootloop problem is to wipe cache using the stock recovery.
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vinz_bangiz said:
thanks for the reply. You mean using "Wipe" in twrp right? After choosing wipe, i was prompted with 2 button options and a swipe option. 1 button was "advance wipe", the other was "format data" and the swipe option was "swipe to factory reset" what should I use? It says "factory reset wipes data, cache and dalvik (not including internal storage). Most of the time this is the only wipe that you need." You mentioned to try to clear cache, do you mean to say the data and dalvic as well? If so then should I choose the swip option which is "factory reset"?
Thanks again..
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Try factory reset first if that doesn't work you may have to sideload a ROM onto it. The same thing happened to me a couple of times. Sometimes a factory reset worked but most of the time I ended up sideloading.
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Nope just the cache. This phone sometimes has issues when wiping data/cache from the bootloader. (Which is what happens when you unlock the bootloader) The way to fix the bootloop problem is to wipe cache using the stock recovery.
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so just to clear, i would not try anymore to clear cache via twrp or should i try it first before flashing stock recovery and clearing it from there? To be honest, im quite careful now in every move ill make coz Im afraid i might make matters worst.
Pls advice. thanks for your patience.
by the way, in case I would really need to flash stock rom, how to do it and where to get right stock recovery?
Thanks again!
All the info to flash recovery and resources are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Basically, download the stock image. Extract the folder down til you see the recovery.img.
Then using fastboot type the command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then boot into recovery and clear cache.
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El Daddy said:
All the info to flash recovery and resources are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Basically, download the stock image. Extract the folder down til you see the recovery.img.
Then using fastboot type the command:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Then boot into recovery and clear cache.
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oh ok. I understand now. Sorry, its my first time so im not that familiar yet on how things go. I did a lot of reading and browsing as well but xda sure is very overwhelming in information..
P41ll37 is suggesting sideload which I also am not yet familiar with. i tried to search it but most of it led to using a toolkit. I mentioned in another post that I made that I wanted to learn instead of jsut being able to fix my problems. Could you advice me as well or lead me to the right link to know how to do this.
Thanks!
Guys! before trying anything else, I tried to clear cache using TWRP and choosing advance then marked the delvic cache and cache then restarted system, was asked if I wanted to installed SU, this time I choose yes, it rebooted by itself, but still nothing happened. same stuck on X logo problem.
But then, I tried wipe again in TWRP this time choosing factory reset, then restarted system again, google logo did stay a longer but not as long as before, then X logo appeared and stayed there like forever but after a minute or so.. FINALLY! it went to the Welcome screen asking for what language I should use.
So i guess this means it is fixed already?
Also, since I choose to install SU a while ago, does this mean my phone is already rooted as well? How would I know? Well, maybe installing a root app like titanium backup should tell right?
If so, then looks like I have advanced already on my step by step learning to mod my phone. I was only in the unlocking and custom recovery part last night. Tonight was supposed to be rooting and putting custom rom but I was still trying to learn thru our forum guides.
I wana thank you guys for your time, kind help and suggestions. This was my first experience in modding and right away I was faced with a problem to be solved. This is good anyway as a learning experience.
One last thing, could you guys tell what really happend, how I went into this kind of problem or what caused it? As I mentioned, I was noping not only to mod or fix my phone but rather really learn on how to do or fix things. Like a difference between a toolkit and manually doing it. Right?
Thanks again guys!
vinz_bangiz said:
Guys! before trying anything else, I tried to clear cache using TWRP and choosing advance then marked the delvic cache and cache then restarted system, was asked if I wanted to installed SU, this time I choose yes, it rebooted by itself, but still nothing happened. same stuck on X logo problem.
But then, I tried wipe again in TWRP this time choosing factory reset, then restarted system again, google logo did stay a longer but not as long as before, then X logo appeared and stayed there like forever but after a minute or so.. FINALLY! it went to the Welcome screen asking for what language I should use.
So i guess this means it is fixed already?
Also, since I choose to install SU a while ago, does this mean my phone is already rooted as well? How would I know? Well, maybe installing a root app like titanium backup should tell right?
If so, then looks like I have advanced already on my step by step learning to mod my phone. I was only in the unlocking and custom recovery part last night. Tonight was supposed to be rooting and putting custom rom but I was still trying to learn thru our forum guides.
I wana thank you guys for your time, kind help and suggestions. This was my first experience in modding and right away I was faced with a problem to be solved. This is good anyway as a learning experience.
One last thing, could you guys tell what really happend, how I went into this kind of problem or what caused it? As I mentioned, I was noping not only to mod or fix my phone but rather really learn on how to do or fix things. Like a difference between a toolkit and manually doing it. Right?
Thanks again guys!
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basically whenever you flash a factory image (and perhaps even some custom ROMS) you have to do a factory reset for really two reasons. The first reason is to get it out of bootloop. For some reason whenever the phone is flashed it will go on endless loop until you boot into recovery and factory reset. Also, you will need to check your storage after you flash. The phone has a tendency to lose half its memory after a flash. Check storage and if at half memory do another factory wipe and you should be good to go.
The easiest way I do it is to simply reboot the phone after flashing the files, I then allow the phone to reboot and get stuck on the bootloop. I then hard shut the phone off by holding down power. Once shut down boot into fastboot and then fastboot boot TWRP recovery where I then wipe the phone. After it reboots it will stick on the X logo for a few minutes and get to the welcome screen. From there log in and get it set up again.
Also, this is where you should check storage. I notice that more often than not mine still is only half storage (despite my TWRP wipe), so I use the phone to factory reset and then when it reboots the phone has full storage again.
Im sure there is probably someone out there with a better system but that is how I do it.
thos25 said:
basically whenever you flash a factory image (and perhaps even some custom ROMS) you have to do a factory reset for really two reasons. The first reason is to get it out of bootloop. For some reason whenever the phone is flashed it will go on endless loop until you boot into recovery and factory reset. Also, you will need to check your storage after you flash. The phone has a tendency to lose half its memory after a flash. Check storage and if at half memory do another factory wipe and you should be good to go.
The easiest way I do it is to simply reboot the phone after flashing the files, I then allow the phone to reboot and get stuck on the bootloop. I then hard shut the phone off by holding down power. Once shut down boot into fastboot and then fastboot boot TWRP recovery where I then wipe the phone. After it reboots it will stick on the X logo for a few minutes and get to the welcome screen. From there log in and get it set up again.
Also, this is where you should check storage. I notice that more often than not mine still is only half storage (despite my TWRP wipe), so I use the phone to factory reset and then when it reboots the phone has full storage again.
Im sure there is probably someone out there with a better system but that is how I do it.
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Thanks for the reply. really very informative!
The easiest way I do it is to simply reboot the phone after flashing the files, I then allow the phone to reboot and get stuck on the bootloop. I then hard shut the phone off by holding down power. Once shut down boot into fastboot and then fastboot boot TWRP recovery where I then wipe the phone. After it reboots it will stick on the X logo for a few minutes and get to the welcome screen. From there log in and get it set up again.
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Actually, this is exactly what I did and the one that solved my problem.
Also, this is where you should check storage. I notice that more often than not mine still is only half storage (despite my TWRP wipe), so I use the phone to factory reset and then when it reboots the phone has full storage again.
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About this, are you referring to the remaining free storage or that actual usable storage of the phone. To my knowledge, a new 16gb nex4 would actually give you about 12+gb of free usuable space. Do you mean I should observe if this has dropped to about 6gb? or are you reffering to for example I have 5gb remaining free space before flashing and rebooting then after this I should observe if the "remaining free" space is now only around 2.5gb after rebooting it?
Looking forward to your clarification.. thanks again!
Hey everyone.
So, as every Android I've ever had.. Sometime the device needs a reboot... The battery goes out faster then it should, stuff runs a bit slower and i reboot gives me a clean start.
Here, a reboot does not do that, everything is still open on recent apps as if i didn't reboot at all .. What is the solution for this?
One thing you can do, if you have a custom recovery installed is first, close all open apps, reboot into recovery and delete Cache and Dalvik Cache... then reboot, let it do it's thing... you're as refreshed as you can get without wiping entirely and starting over.
CJ-Wylde said:
One thing you can do, if you have a custom recovery installed is first, close all open apps, reboot into recovery and delete Cache and Dalvik Cache... then reboot, let it do it's thing... you're as refreshed as you can get without wiping entirely and starting over.
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First of all, Thank you!
is no one else bothered by this? sigh
Caniv said:
First of all, Thank you!
is no one else bothered by this? sigh
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I've done this method a few times... I usually once I do a full fresh new rom setup will go through and setup everything, tweak it all up nice, remove things I don't want, etc... and when I'm 100% operational... I'll go to recovery, wipe the cache and dalvik, make a nandroid backup and boot back up. I run into less problems it feels like this way.
I just swipe them all away then reboot, its a pain but since I want to use android pay its something i have to live with.