So I went on a flash binge last night going from MikG to Evervolv ICS to OMGB...
I got an SD Card blank error and tried formatting it, switching them out, etc...
I just flashed a sense rom(TeeROM) and got it to shut up after it gave me the warning by letting sense do the formatting.
I saw people on the nexus one with the same problem but no one else. Just don't panic if you start jumping across different editions of Android. Flash a sense rom and it should be fixed.
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Hey guys i just recently flashed/hacked my g1 for the first time. i went from 1.5 to 4.1.99 cyanogenmod then updated to 4.2.6. i noticed i had lots of force closes. i was trying to do a downgrade to 4.2.5 to see if it fixed the problem but i was lazy to go all the way back to RC29. So this morning i boot into recovery mode (recovery-RA-v.1.2.3.img) hit the wipe data/factory reset. BAM! skipped all the gmail activation. Turn on wifi and activate my gmail account. No MORE force closes! BTW i am on AT&T with no data plan. Hopes this helps any questions just email me [email protected]
I think that may have to do with the fact tha tyou skipped a lot in between, you went from 4.1.99 to 4.2.6, I went from 4.2.5 to 4.2.6 with no problems
is it really necessary to flash so many outdated updates just to flash the latest? I just came from Dwangs1.13 and no problems so far..so many people talk about the instability of this rom that its insane.
But back to the point made earlier...i dont remember reading that flashing from previous CM versions was a requirement...
oneG said:
is it really necessary to flash so many outdated updates just to flash the latest? I just came from Dwangs1.13 and no problems so far..so many people talk about the instability of this rom that its insane.
But back to the point made earlier...i dont remember reading that flashing from previous CM versions was a requirement...
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It's not a requirement. I have flashed the HTC image, and then directly flashed 4.2.6, without having to flash 4.1999, or any other ones before 4.2.6 and I have had no problems. I do this all the time because I jump from CM to Hero/Sense roms
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I am with Tazz there. After bricking my phone (totally my fault), I went from stock to Rc29, to the htc-dev image, and straight to 4.2.6, with no problems. I have had force close issues in the past that were fixed with a combination of fix_permissions and reinstallation.
I had a lot of force closes and an extremely slow device with cyanogen.
By wipping, deleting, and recreating the 2 partitions (FAT32 and ext3) on my SD, all at once, I got it running right again.
Since then it's a pleasure to use.
Fascinating.. :O
Never heard of a wipe :O
Oh come on people..
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.
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...
Hey everyone.
I would appreciate some help or suggestions. Maybe someone will know the problem, which I can't seem to figure out. First thing first, I couldn't post in the release thread because I don't have the proper post count.
Anyways, I am not new to installing ROMs on my phone. I can install and run CyanogenMOD easily, and have done so many times. My phone is rooted. So I went from the stock ROM on the MyTouch 4G to CyanogenMOD 7, with no problems. I used it for a while, and then when I saw Virtuous Fusion come out, I wanted that installed. I had tons of trouble getting it to work, even though I was doing everything I was supposed to do. Reset my phone, cleared all caches and data, pretty much cleared everything out. I tried installing from the zip several times in clockwork recovery, and it wouldn't get me past the boot screen. The boot screen would either loop forever, and never get past it, or the boot screen would load up for 3 seconds and then the screen would go completely black (in a state where it looked like the phone turned off).
Eventually, after about the 10th install (which were done all the same exact way), the Fusion ROM decided to work on me and everything went perfectly. This was the first day it was released. I saw the ROM has been through some updates, so I decided to do the recommended clean install of the new version. I am having the same problem as I did before with the boot screen. I temporarily flashed Cyanogenmod so I can have a working phone again, but I would really like to be on Fusion. My favorite ROM out of all the ones I have tried. Does anyone know what could be causing this?
What version of ClockworkMod are you using? Make sure you're on 3.0.2.4 to insure ultimate reliability. Also verify the MD5 hash that eViL provides before flashing. Not doing so means you could have any number of problems caused by a corrupt file download.
Are you rebooting into ROM MANAGER. This ROM is not suppose to be loaded while in the Android OS.
Hi all,
Been using these forums for awhile to get help rooting devices, but I've finally got a problem I can't get resolved after searching for days. My T-Mobile S4 (testing with CM12) randomly froze last Friday, and upon rebooting it wouldn't stay in the OS for more than a few seconds before freezing and rebooting again. I went into recovery and cleared cache/dalvik but it didn't make a difference. It got to the point where it would freeze before letting me even unlock the screen. I chalked it up to running CM12 before it was stable so I wiped the phone and tried CM11. The flash succeeded fine, but the phone froze right after going through the initial setup wizard. Since then, I've tried:
Flashing various recoveries (CWM, TWRP)
Various ROMs (CM10, CM11, Paranoid Android, Samsung Stock)
Sideloading ROMs without an SD card inserted in case mine had issues
It seemed to be the most stable when I booted up a new ROM without a SIM card or SD card inserted, and left WiFi off. It still froze, but not as fast. I've since bought a used HTC One m7 to get by with but would really like to get the S4 straightened out so I can sell it. I managed to install logcat and get it running before a freeze but after inspecting the logs I couldn't find any trace of kernel panics or other errors.
Should I assume the phone has a hardware error? I'm open to any suggestions anyone might have. Thanks guys.
Well, since it happesn on various roms then it is most probably a hardware problem.
Or it has a fault in a partition that is unaffected by rom flashing.
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Well, since it happesn on various roms then it is most probably a hardware problem.
Or it has a fault in a partition that is unaffected by rom flashing.
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That's what I was afraid of. Couldn't find any kind of bootable hardware diags for the phone either
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That's what I was afraid of. Couldn't find any kind of bootable hardware diags for the phone either
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Don't know if it might help, but try a different bootloader and modem