Hey,
I tried installing Android using cwm rec., everything goes well, but the android does not boot, it gets stuck on the booting screen, i tried several time, diff roms, still no results, can any one help me if im missing something? :S
make sure you are removing any leftover stuff from a previous rom on the SD card.
So in CWM, before you go to flash the rom, do a 'wipe data/factory reset' which should clear out the ext partition and the .androidsecure (or whatever its called) folder on the FAT32 partition.
I have done that, but it wont work, i've cleared cache too,
Btw how much time does it take on the first boot?
dont know, sorry, i've never used a sense rom, but i've seen posts referring to a good ten minutes or more, depending on the sd card and teh rom being installed, and how much stuff is moved to sd. Some roms just put just the app and dalvik folders there, some put much much more.
If it were me, i recon id be pulling teh battery at 10 mins.
do you have a 1gb partition on your sd card?
is the partition information for the rom correct?
are you using magldr or clk?
I have Tried wit a 2GB and a 1GB partition, I have Magldr 1.13, The Cwm size is also correct, 400mb for a 300mb rom.
amigo max said:
I have Tried wit a 2GB and a 1GB partition, I have Magldr 1.13, The Cwm size is also correct, 400mb for a 300mb rom.
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You're absolutely sure the ROM you're trying to use is correct for the type of Android bootloader you have? (clk/magldr)
Did you check the MD5 sum of the rom.zip you downloaded? Maybe you got a bad download.
Did you wipe EVERYTHING? (full wipe, then in advanced, wipe dalvik and cache)
What method did you use to partition your sd card?
For now i Have followed the exact instructions from the DHD Desire rom, and it seems to work, I think the problem was wit the CWM recovery, I downloaded it from the Rom's page and it worked.
When I tried installing another Rom, I encountered the same prob, so I installed recovery again and it worked. Do I have to keep changing the recovery every time I put another Rom?
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Yeah, some roms require different partition layouts, which are made when you flash CWM recovery.
If you are going from one rom to another and they both require the same partition layout, or if the new rom you're flashing requires a smaller system partition than your current rom, then you won't have to re-flash CWM. In that case, you'd just have to do a full wipe and then flash ur new rom.
The required/recommended CWM partition size is usually somewhere in the first few posts of the thread you download the rom from.
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Currently using HTC HD 2 Andriod rom running on nand,
Assuming Ive installed andriod with clockwork recovery and etc, and I would like change my ROM to other versions, how can I do it?
Do I need to delete the current Andriod Rom? and how do i do it? thanks!
Go to Clockwork Recovery.
If your coming from another rom (Miui -> CM7, Sense -> Stock, or any of that matter), wipe cache recommended 3 times, advanced -> Dalvik Cache. When your coming from another rom, it's highly recommended to wipe data too.
If your coming from the same rom (CM7 -> CM7) and want to KEEP your data, then simply wiping cache and Dalvik cache is enough.
To flash a new rom, choose "apply zip from sd card" -> "choose zip from sd card" and simply select the .zip file.
You don't need to delete or anything, Clockwork should overwrite it and your cache should be cleared.
I always do a Nandroid backup using backup and restore in CWM and then do a full wipe of all the partitions data, system, boot, cache, and sd-ext. Then I go to advanced in CWM and woe my Delvik cache, then flash my ROM using install zip from sdcard. When my ROM is done I go to backup and restore and select advanced restore and restore my data and my cache from my Nandroid backup then boot my HD2. I never once have had a issue with any new ROM or my information and settings not being there. You do not want to restore boot or system cause boot is the kernel of your ROM and system is the ROM itself. So if you restored them you still havecthe same ROM.
check ROM thread / instructions, there are a lot of information.
sometimes you need to follow exactly as it says.
cheers
I am switching over from wp7 to an android. do I need to install a wp 6.5 first or can I install go ahead and switch over straigh from wp7?
yahya.haqiqi said:
I am switching over from wp7 to an android. do I need to install a wp 6.5 first or can I install go ahead and switch over straigh from wp7?
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I recommend running a Task 29cand then reflashing MAGLDR and then flash CWM using USB Flasher in MAGLDR then flash your ROM using CWM. Make sure to reformat your SD card before booting up your Android. Easiest way of doing this is to stick your SD card in a adaptor and then into a digital camera then format it with the camera as this will take the funky format that WP7 does to it off. Then use a USB card reader to format it using Fat 32.
just flash android using instructions from your ROM thread.
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yahya.haqiqi said:
I am switching over from wp7 to an android. do I need to install a wp 6.5 first or can I install go ahead and switch over straigh from wp7?
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Ha I figured I had given you way over kill instructions lol. Go to the link below and try the steps in this guide I just found in the HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A General section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039655
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Ha I figured I had given you way over kill instructions lol. Go to the link below and try the steps in this guide I just found in the HD2 Windows Phone 7 Q&A General section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039655
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Thanks man that was super helpful
Thankfully I have nandroids of Vaelpak and Myn2.2. I have tried synergy, stock rooted GB, and I can't remember the other two over the last couple days. Each time, it goes like this:
-Nandroid (typically from Rom manager out of laziness)
-Reboot into recovery
-wipe data/cache/dalvik (last few times I did this over and over)
-install zip of new rom
-boot loop
-pull battery and restore backup
I use CM 3.0.0.5 and have also tried RA 2.2.2.
I'm s-off (unrevoked forever).
My SD card is the last thing I can think of. I think I have to format and partition it (I know there are guides here...just never needed it). I just don't get it, I went through a phase where I was doing a new ROM every couple days and never had this issue. Thoughts?
Download Amon Ra 2.3, use as PC36ING.zip. Back up SD card to desktop. Format SD card, then partition it. Look in General or Development for a guide. Mount as MS (mass storage) and transfer files back, leaving out Android.secure, Android, RosieScroll, GoSMS and similar temporary folders and files. Nandroid, wipe system, data, dalvik, cache, factory reset, boot, android.secure and SDext twice. I would suggest VR Superwipe too. Flash new ROM and tweaks (if it is 2.3 Sense probably keep stock kernel). Reboot, enjoy new ROM.
Clockworkmod and AmonRa backups are not compatible.
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tropicalbrit said:
Download Amon Ra 2.3, use as PC36ING.zip. Back up SD card to desktop. Format SD card, then partition it. Look in General or Development for a guide. Mount as MS (mass storage) and transfer files back, leaving out Android.secure, Android, RosieScroll, GoSMS and similar temporary folders and files. Nandroid, wipe system, data, dalvik, cache, factory reset, boot, android.secure and SDext twice. I would suggest VR Superwipe too. Flash new ROM and tweaks (if it is 2.3 Sense probably keep stock kernel). Reboot, enjoy new ROM.
Clockworkmod and AmonRa backups are not compatible.
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Other than getting amon 2.3 and copying the files back this was pretty much my plan. I was only going to restore my astro app backups after I get things running again. I do have VR superwipe...never worked with CM on the version I have.
Any reason other than preference for amon 2.3 (maybe the VR superwipe)? If I leave the SD blank but partitioned and just put the ROM back on it, is that an ok idea? I have it backed up...don't know if I have to have the file structure there.
also downgrading CWM down to 2.6.0.1 helped me flash the newer files and scripts as well if you dont like Amon 2.3. Just a thought!
As someone else suggested, you should either use a 'superwipe' script (flashable in recovery) or include /system in your wipe routine.
I don't get why people never wipe /system. That's where the entire ROM lives. If you don't wipe /system, then you are just flashing all kinds of ROMs on top of each other and you end up with a jungle of files from various ROMs all mixed together.
You might get lucky, many ROM devs account for this and wipe your /system partition for you before flashing the new files.
github said:
As someone else suggested, you should either use a 'superwipe' script (flashable in recovery) or include /system in your wipe routine.
I don't get why people never wipe /system. That's where the entire ROM lives. If you don't wipe /system, then you are just flashing all kinds of ROMs on top of each other and you end up with a jungle of files from various ROMs all mixed together.
You might get lucky, many ROM devs account for this and wipe your /system partition for you before flashing the new files.
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Agreed. I don't believe in superwipes. But I DO agree to manually wile each category, except SD Card, including system.
What worked for me..
I had to upgrade my HBOOT from:
EVO_HBoot_0.76.2000
to
EVO_HBoot_0.97.0000
to load the Synergy ROM.
No wipe, wipe utilities, formats or partitions would work. Upgrading the HBoot fixed the boot loop issue... for me.
2k6_tx_dad said:
I had to upgrade my HBOOT from:
EVO_HBoot_0.76.2000
to
EVO_HBoot_0.97.0000
to load the Synergy ROM.
No wipe, wipe utilities, formats or partitions would work. Upgrading the HBoot fixed the boot loop issue... for me.
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I am on the older HBOOT also. I will try this if the SD wipe and partition fails me. It could be this since it's recent ROMS giving me issue.
To the wipe /system comments...I did that one time for sure. Not each.
Hi,
I have an HD2 with MAGLDR and CWM. Now i want to update my Hyperdroid ROM because of some issues. The Last Time i did this, all my previous installed apps, sms and contacts are still there.
How can i make a complete clean installation of all this?
Thank you,
trial
Enter cwm
Choose wipe data/ factory reset
Flash new rom.
samsamuel said:
Enter cwm
Choose wipe data/ factory reset
Flash new rom.
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I sugest to flash "daf.exe" application to recreate boot. And OFC from cwm partition/format SD if you want clean installation.
If you have problem with some roms, put task29 and fix permition
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flashing from zip overwrites the boot and system partition, and 'wipe data/factory reset' wipes sd-ext, cache, data and clears the .android folders on the fat32 partition, so unless you want to change the partition size, there is no extra benefit in reflashing cwm (which is what "flash daf.exe" means, for anyone that has only used the flashing tool) and as for task29,,, well i've always considered that to be superfluous except in times where things are genuinely wrong, and indeed doing a full "task29, cwm, rom flash" every time (some people even consider re-flashing hspl, the radio and magldr a 'clean' install ) hugely increase the load on the nand blocks, and considering the number of 'bad block' threads that have been coming up the last 6 months, keeping the number of writes,wipes and rewrites low has got to be top priority.
(course, just my thoughts, I'm no electronics engineer or dev )
I've been reading .. and in my readings I've read different people saying different things . I heard running task29 a lot can cause bad blocks .. and I flash a lot of ROMs . So I created a task29 zip flash from recovery which formats all nand partitions 3 times in a row to wipe out everything . Is that good for the memory and is that enough to wipe everything clean or should I use task29 every time and not worry about that being the cause of bad blocks ? In short , which is safer ?
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Well do the math,, task 29 wipes every block once, your zip wipes some three times, which would you suspect as being there times more likely to end in bad blocks?
To be honest what's the point? In 999 out of 1000 flashes its enough to do a 'wipe data factory reset' and then flash.
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Well do the math,, task 29 wipes every block once, your zip wipes some three times, which would you suspect as being there times more likely to end in bad blocks?
To be honest what's the point? In 999 out of 1000 flashes its enough to do a 'wipe data factory reset' and then flash.
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Well , in every ROM thread ive read , it says to task29 before flashing . and i thought task29 was a more "harsh" way of wiping the nand . Like a format , does it not just clear the blocks without writing to them ? I personally think either way is still "not good" for the flash memory . But i could be wrong . And i always thought there were "leftovers" from just doing a factory reset ?
In my opinion, task29 is very unnecessary.
Only do it if your device is having issues, otherwise flash roms and bootloaders directly without task29'ing.
By the way, by "task29" they mean empty-rom.nbh .. not empty-rom.zip .
As for the .zip, a full wipe does the same.
Marvlesz said:
In my opinion, task29 is very unnecessary.
Only do it if your device is having issues, otherwise flash roms and bootloaders directly without task29'ing.
By the way, by "task29" they mean empty-rom.nbh .. not empty-rom.zip .
As for the .zip, a full wipe does the same.
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A full wipe cleans all partitions of the nand ? i thought it just did /userdata . and thank you thats what i thought task29 was . but is flashing an empty .nbh worse then running the format command ?
Let me clarify a few things for you:
Task29: removes everything off your device's internal memory, when you boot your phone after a task29 you will get stuck at bootscreen (first splash), because there is nothing on your device (no bootloader).
Under CWM:
Wipe data/factory reset is different from format that can be found in (mount & storage):
Wipe data/factory reset: does not remove your OS, it will only delete your personal data retaining your ROM intact.
But a format will completely remove your ROM and you will be stuck at the bootscreen if you do so.
Every thing under CWM does not touch your device's bootloader (cLK or MAGLDR), and they only affect the Android ROM within CWM.
Hope this help you
Marvlesz said:
Let me clarify a few things for you:
Task29: removes everything off your device's internal memory, when you boot your phone after a task29 you will get stuck at bootscreen (first splash), because there is nothing on your device (no bootloader).
Under CWM:
Wipe data/factory reset is different from format that can be found in (mount & storage):
Wipe data/factory reset: does not remove your OS, it will only delete your personal data retaining your ROM intact.
But a format will completely remove your ROM and you will be stuck at the bootscreen if you do so.
Every thing under CWM does not touch your device's bootloader (cLK or MAGLDR), and they only affect the Android ROM within CWM.
Hope this help you
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Yes this i knew thanks though . My question is this , is it safer to wipe the bootloader off using task29 , then starting over , or is it safer to format all partitions of the NAND in CWM before changing to another ROM ?
I don't know which is safer. (or in other words, I don't know which is dangerous )
But if you must do a wipe, I'd recommend "Wipe data/factory reset" . That should do the job. (Most roms format partitions upon installation anyway so I coudn't care less )
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Wipe data/factory reset: does not remove your OS, it will only delete your personal data retaining your ROM intact.
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it also wipes cache partition, the sd-ext partition on your sd card, and clears the .android folder on the fat32 part of the sd card. These last two are the reason many roms wont boot after flashing, even with a task29, since those two areas aren't touched by task29 (or your format zip presumably)
Im with Marvlesz, steer away from task29, , whats the use in removing magldr and cwm only to reflash it?
For me, a clean install would be ,,, cwm - wipe data factory reset - flash the new rom.
Only if the fresh rom doesn't boot after a few times rebooting (and performing a wipe data on the fresh rom, just like how in winmo it was recommended to do a hard reset straight after flashing) would i consider a task29.
Marvlesz said:
I don't know which is safer. (or in other words, I don't know which is dangerous )
But if you must do a wipe, I'd recommend "Wipe data/factory reset" . That should do the job. (Most roms format partitions upon installation anyway so I coudn't care less )
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Okay thanks ! I wasnt sure if the single format they do upon installation was enough . Ive been getting small app crashes in some ROM's ive tried , so i formated each partition at least once before flashing the ROM and it fixed it . I remember when flashing WinMo ROMs a task29 was a must on my Rhodium . But i was pretty sure wiping the partitions in CWM was indeed good enough . I just kept getting confused when each ROM's thread said YOU MUST TASK29 so i was like well now im just confused lol . I'll mark thread solved
samsamuel said:
it also wipes cache partition, the sd-ext partition on your sd card, and clears the .android folder on the fat32 part of the sd card. These last two are the reason many roms wont boot after flashing, even with a task29, since those two areas aren't touched by task29 (or your format zip presumably)
Im with Marvlesz, steer away from task29, , whats the use in removing magldr and cwm only to reflash it?
For me, a clean install would be ,,, cwm - wipe data factory reset - flash the new rom.
Only if the fresh rom doesn't boot after a few times rebooting (and performing a wipe data on the fresh rom, just like how in winmo it was recommended to do a hard reset straight after flashing) would i consider a task29.
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Thanks again guys !
For me clean install means first do a factory/data reset. Will clean ext, and previous roms leftover folders. Then i will go to mounts in cwm. Do format every thing i got except sd.
On next boot, magldr, cwm is there. But no boot or rom. Then from magldr, i go to cwm and install the zip. I barely had done task 29 2 times in 3 mnths, just for repartition. ( though its not needed for repartition).
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hello,
i have flashed a nand android rom over my previous nand rom, but im stuck at the splash screen for sometime.
can anybody tell me why its taking so much time, The rom I've flashed is NexusHD2 ICS.
and i tried searching but the results werent fruitful.
Did U flashed correct partition layout for this ROM?
icke said:
Did U flashed correct partition layout for this ROM?
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how to do that, im new to this, just bought the phone today,
read in a guide that i have just to install zip from sd card via CWM.
Installations:
Please use at least 165MB system partition and at least 2MB cache partition.
Please refer to ksubedi's HD2 NAND Toolkit and/or mskip's guide.
Cache partition (/dev/block/mtdblock4) is only used by CWM.
Cache partition size is not important because the data partition (/dev/block/mtdblock5) is used as the cache space when running Android.
If your HD2 has bad NAND blocks, you may need larger partitions.
Wipe
Wipe Data/Factory Reset while doing a fresh install. (Optional: also delete /sdcard/Android folder or format your SD card if you have any strange issue.)
Advanced -> Wipe Dalvik Cache while upgrading from an old version and wanting to retain data.
Flash this ROM.
MAGLDR: Flash NexusHD2-ICS-CM9_V1.5.zip, then reboot.
cLK : Flash NexusHD2-ICS-CM9_V1.5.zip and the cLK kernel, then reboot.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090783
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1044830
Me Install But Not Show SD Card.