[Q] Does not booting rom - any rom - Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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..

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I think I messed up... DamageLess ROM

I posted this on DamageLess' page in hopes that he could help me, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. I figure someone on this forum can help me.. Just read the paragraph and you'll know my problem...
Hey man, I really need your help
I tried using your new DCUpdater (which is a fantastic idea btw) and i'm having a major issue. My phone won't boot. At first I was having problems with SuperUser, but I fixed that by enabling USB debugging, then unplugging the phone, then using the Updater. That worked. But when I tried to reboot the phone, it wouldn't boot. I wiped, restored to my most recent backup, and it still won't boot. I wiped, manually installed your new ROM, and tried to reboot again, and that's where I am right now. It had the Quietly brilliant screen, flashed the sprint logo screen, and now it's back to the Quietly brilliant screen. I think it's in an endless boot, because as I was typing this, the screen flashed grey for a second, then it flashed the sprint logo, and now it's back to quietly brilliant. Please please PLEASE get back to me asap, because I don't know what to do.
dereklane said:
I posted this on DamageLess' page in hopes that he could help me, but I haven't gotten a reply yet. I figure someone on this forum can help me.. Just read the paragraph and you'll know my problem...
Hey man, I really need your help
I tried using your new DCUpdater (which is a fantastic idea btw) and i'm having a major issue. My phone won't boot. At first I was having problems with SuperUser, but I fixed that by enabling USB debugging, then unplugging the phone, then using the Updater. That worked. But when I tried to reboot the phone, it wouldn't boot. I wiped, restored to my most recent backup, and it still won't boot. I wiped, manually installed your new ROM, and tried to reboot again, and that's where I am right now. It had the Quietly brilliant screen, flashed the sprint logo screen, and now it's back to the Quietly brilliant screen. I think it's in an endless boot, because as I was typing this, the screen flashed grey for a second, then it flashed the sprint logo, and now it's back to quietly brilliant. Please please PLEASE get back to me asap, because I don't know what to do.
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do a wipe/ factory restore and then restart phone. dont flash any other rom or anything. samething happened to me the other night when i flashed the rom. it was an endless boot loop. i tried a wipe and reflash. wipe nandroid, nothing worked until i said screw it ill wipe and go back to factory and then try after phone boots up. to my surprise when phone started back up it was the 2.1 rom that i tried to flash. dont ask me why but it worked
Try wiping the ext partition.
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david279 said:
Try wiping the ext partition.
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Do I re-flash the ROM after I wipe, or do I try to do a restore????
dereklane said:
Do I re-flash the ROM after I wipe, or do I try to do a restore????
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id say do not flash a rom. do a factory wipe then restart. read my comment under ur original post
You can do what the 2nd guy said..
Wipe everything.. Then dont flash or nandroid restore.. JUST reboot your phone.
Or save all your files to your computer that are on your sdcard... Repartition your sdcard. Then reflash the rom and move your stuff back.
cbarlan said:
id say do not flash a rom. do a factory wipe then restart. read my comment under ur original post
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So you're saying wipe everything and then just reboot the phone?
Jus10o said:
You can do what the 2nd guy said..
Wipe everything.. Then dont flash or nandroid restore.. JUST reboot your phone.
Or save all your files to your computer that are on your sdcard... Repartition your sdcard. Then reflash the rom and move your stuff back.
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I just did a factory reset, wiped my Dalvik cache, and wiped my sc card option thingy. I went straight from there to rebooting my phone. I'll say something if it boots now
i'd say wipe settings, wipe ext, wipe dalvik, flash rom, boot. if that doesn't work, wipe again and again then boot.
Jus10o said:
You can do what the 2nd guy said..
Wipe everything.. Then dont flash or nandroid restore.. JUST reboot your phone.
Or save all your files to your computer that are on your sdcard... Repartition your sdcard. Then reflash the rom and move your stuff back.
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can i flash a new rom now?
Thread Moved as it isn't development.

Full wipe, new Rom, old settings and apps

Hello guys.
I would really appreciate an answer to a question I have.
I installed leedroid 3.0.2 and I have the same apps and settings as before.
I think I haven't done a good wipe..
I rebooted to recovery from cwm and used the wipe before I installed the new Rom. (i was using the revolution 3.5 before)
After I installed the new Rom, when I booted on, all apps and settings were there.
Shouldn't the wipe thing clean everything and leave the phone "empty"?
Or, (most obvious) did I do something wrong and should do it again? Cause there is a little thing with the market that closes the process when I click on new released apps.
Thank you in advance guys.
Cheers !!!
Sent from my LeeDroid 3.0.2 Enhanced Desire HD
GeorgeKps said:
Hello guys.
I would really appreciate an answer to a question I have.
I installed leedroid 3.0.2 and I have the same apps and settings as before.
I think I haven't done a good wipe..
I rebooted to recovery from cwm and used the wipe before I installed the new Rom. (i was using the revolution 3.5 before)
After I installed the new Rom, when I booted on, all apps and settings were there.
Shouldn't the wipe thing clean everything and leave the phone "empty"?
Or, (most obvious) did I do something wrong and should do it again? Cause there is a little thing with the market that closes the process when I click on new released apps.
Thank you in advance guys.
Cheers !!!
Sent from my LeeDroid 3.0.2 Enhanced Desire HD
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Are you wiping data and cache in recovery?
"wipe data/factory reset"
It will then say:
Code:
-- Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
Formatting /sdcard/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
Then:
"wipe cache partition"
It will say:
Code:
-- Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache...
Cache wipe complete
(second option is overkill)
Have you still got the setting to backup to Google servers ticked? Or any other app that you have backed things up with?
Whilst the last option wouldn't be instant (they would download again and take a good 5 minutes to appear).
And yes, you will probably experience issues if this is due to a missed wipe.
So, I will need to do a factory reset first, then do a cache wipe and then install the Rom?
(i don't remember doing all these for the revo Rom..)
Do I need to do these without rebooting the phone until everything is done?
Cheers !!!
Sent from my LeeDroid 3.0.2 Enhanced Desire HD
GeorgeKps said:
So, I will need to do a factory reset first, then do a cache wipe and then install the Rom?
(i don't remember doing all these for the revo Rom..)
Do I need to do these without rebooting the phone until everything is done?
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Yes, you should always do the "wipe data/factory reset" before installing any new ROMs or if the dev has advised it, also between major update revisions.
You don't need to reboot. If using recovery to install the ROM just do the wipes then flash the ROM using menu.
Awesome. Thanks for the help.
Will try it now and I hope everything goes well. Hope I won't get stuck since am not in front of my pc.
Cheers !!!
Sent from my LeeDroid 3.0.2 Enhanced Desire HD
Well, I did it again. Everything wiped out, started as new.
But still, new apps in market and battery history in spare parts give me a process termination...
Oh well, I guess that Lee will release an update.
Oh, something else I would like to ask. There is a new kernel for the Rom. Do I flash it the same way I flash everything? Through recovery?
Thanks again guys
Cheers !!!
Sent from my LeeDroid 3.0.2 Enhanced Desire HD
I use Leedroid and don't have this problem. Today I have installed from scratch and gone back and forth between ROM's. i turned off all the processes that backup and restore apps and I get a blank fresh install.
I have to ask, the last time you installed Leedroid, did you use the downloaded one or a copy from your sdcard? is it possible you are restoring a copy rather than flashing a fresh copy?
And you don't have any apps that have backed up your apps such as Titanium? And you have turned off Google Backup and restore feature?
The thing is, it is handy not to lose data but we need to make sure your wipe is being done. Did you see the same messages in Recovery as I showed above?
gosh, it is sooooooooooooo weird...
i did it all again. factory reset, delete cache, installed the 3.0.3 version (which was released today).
everything seemed to go smooth. still, i went to market and clicking on the newly released apps list i get an error which is "com.android.vewnding" has been shut blah blah blah. and the same happens to spare parts. when i click battery history ""com.android.spare_parts" shuts down.
do you guys think it has to do with the kernel? should i flash lee's kernel (i couldn't find how to. i mean, shall i do it from the cwm recovery?)
i guess that the radio has nothing to do with all these, does it?...
thank you guys once again for your help
Cheers !!!
GeorgeKps said:
gosh, it is sooooooooooooo weird...
i did it all again. factory reset, delete cache, installed the 3.0.3 version (which was released today).
everything seemed to go smooth. still, i went to market and clicking on the newly released apps list i get an error which is "com.android.vewnding" has been shut blah blah blah. and the same happens to spare parts. when i click battery history ""com.android.spare_parts" shuts down.
do you guys think it has to do with the kernel? should i flash lee's kernel (i couldn't find how to. i mean, shall i do it from the cwm recovery?)
i guess that the radio has nothing to do with all these, does it?...
thank you guys once again for your help
Cheers !!!
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You have tried fix permissions in ROM Manager, yes?
eeeeeeeeeerm.... you got me. that is something i totally forgot to do :-(((
gosh.. i flashed the radio, sweet. tried to flash a kernel using jkoljo's tool and it stayed on the white screen (and of course cold sweat was all over the place )
but i flashed the rom again after clearing cache and the likes and (thank god) i'm in.
but the most weird thing is that, after all these, the kernel is flashed :-S
i checked in the phone info and the kernel is there..
anyway, am gonna do the fix permissions thingy and reflash once more. if it stays the same way, i'll have to live with it. it's late here in greece.
thanks again for your help guys, i really appreciate it )))
Cheers !!!
i did it all again but nothing happened.
did the permissions, rebooted to recovery, factory reset, cache wipe, install new rom and nothing.
i have to tell you guys though.. the problem with the market started when i was on the revolution rom. and it started just like that. one day everything was fine, next, bam. it didn't budge.
do you think there might be something wrong with the phone itself? (probably not and i'm paranoid)
other than that, everything works nice.
oh, and some other thing. there is this "full wipe 1.3" zip i had put in my SD card but never really used it.
should i use it this time?
this app should clean everything in the cache but not my files, right?
Cheers !!!
YouTube clip of how to manually full wipe everything.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCwr6Ru0yko
When using this method I've never had a problem.
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I did the wipe as shown in the video. The problem remains the same. New market apps list gives an error followed by a restart of it and spare parts battery history does the same (without the restart though)
I don't know, I'm thinking of trying a different Rom even though I like the one Lee released.
(could all this mean that I have a problem with the phone?.......)
Anyway, thank you guys for spending time helping me.
Cheers !!!

CM7 ROM Install problem

Hi guys
I apologise if this is in the wrong place
So ive s-off'd with Alpharevx, managed to root my phone using clockworkmod recovery and now ive installed the CM7 ROM
But
It just shows the blue android on the skateboard with the arrow circling him!
Can anyone suggest a resolve for this!
I wiped data and cleared cache first btw!
Thanks in advance
sorted, took a few retries but sorted
i have same prob. what to do??? someone?! plz help!
The first boot takes a bit longer. If it boot loops you need to reflash it. Hope it helps.
AloneInShadow707 said:
The first boot takes a bit longer. If it boot loops you need to reflash it. Hope it helps.
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Yea this happened to me! make sure you clear cache and fact sett, then reflsh it, the first Boot takes ages, i just went the loo n came back n was sorted!
I wiped data and the cache.
Now it get stucked at the HTC logo?
MarkPower said:
I wiped data and the cache.
Now it get stucked at the HTC logo?
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Did you reflash after wiping data and cache? (Sorry, if this sounds too obvious)
whao to wipe data and cash now? dont understand ...
You can wipe it in the Recovery menu
Markoleti said:
whao to wipe data and cash now? dont understand ...
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What have you done? Did you installed another rom?
Before you install a new rom it's adviced to make a backup, than you wipe everything and than you can install your rom by selecting your zip file. You have to do this in clockworkmod recovery.
I hope this helps
brat slovenac,pomagaj! kad udjem u ricovery,sto onda?
i make backup whit titanium ... thats all ... i clear this in ricovery and try again ... what can do more???!
i have it!!! now go further tnx for help ppl!

[BRICK] Phone stuck in bootloop after ODIN

Hi!
So, i was playing last nice and my phone suddently rebooted, then, got stuck in bootloop.
I re-flashed stock firmware, cleaned data and cache, didn't fixed, so i repartitioned, still no changes.
What else can i do to try and restore the system?
I still can go the Recovery mode and download mode, however, recovery cant write logs to the /data folder.
Matsilagi said:
Hi!
So, i was playing last nice and my phone suddently rebooted, then, got stuck in bootloop.
I re-flashed stock firmware, cleaned data and cache, didn't fixed, so i repartitioned, still no changes.
What else can i do to try and restore the system?
I still can go the Recovery mode and download mode, however, recovery cant write logs to the /data folder.
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you can either do a full data wipe - wipe data wipe system wipe cache
mount everything
install hells fusion kernel #50
reinstall rom
or
install stock rom via odin (find full list of stock roms on dorkys thread in development section - its a sticky at the top)
Matsilagi said:
Hi!
So, i was playing last nice and my phone suddently rebooted, then, got stuck in bootloop.
I re-flashed stock firmware, cleaned data and cache, didn't fixed, so i repartitioned, still no changes.
What else can i do to try and restore the system?
I still can go the Recovery mode and download mode, however, recovery cant write logs to the /data folder.
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Do this
Partition Error
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2122370
PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?
1 days 2 s4​
As i said on the bricked device thread, i already did that, and it didnt worked.
I get to the Samsung logo, after a time, it stops when the logo is very bright, then start the boot animation again.
It looks like it is not Reading the system.
Also, going to try the method mentioned up here.
I will feedback in a few moments.
Also, is there a problem if i use the bootloader that you gave me on that thread on the Brazilian default firmware?
EDIT:ITS ALIVE!!!
This thread can be closed! Thanks a lot man!!
Matsilagi said:
As i said on the bricked device thread, i already did that, and it didnt worked.
I get to the Samsung logo, after a time, it stops when the logo is very bright, then start the boot animation again.
It looks like it is not Reading the system.
Also, going to try the method mentioned up here.
I will feedback in a few moments.
Also, is there a problem if i use the bootloader that you gave me on that thread on the Brazilian default firmware?
EDIT:ITS ALIVE!!!
This thread can be closed! Thanks a lot man!!
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Your welcome I live to serve
PHONE SLOW CLICK ME?
1 days 2 s4​
After Flashing official stock rom (Country specific) using odin,
Just flash 3 files i.e. PDA, PHONE(MODEM) &, CSC and move on the go. It really works for me and hope this works for you. Give it a try bro.

[Q] Unable to Reboot

Hi guys. Need your help on this one. I flashed the latest omega rom and successfully restored my data. But whenever i reboot or power my phone off it can boot up past the samsung s4 logo. I would have to go back to recovery (twrp) format data. Then restore from back up then it can boot up. I would have to do it every time. I already tried reflashing the omega rom. After wipe but same thing the moment i reboot it will not het past the s4 logo. Any idea on this one. I really need help
mirvashstorm said:
Hi guys. Need your help on this one. I flashed the latest omega rom and successfully restored my data. But whenever i reboot or power my phone off it can boot up past the samsung s4 logo. I would have to go back to recovery (twrp) format data. Then restore from back up then it can boot up. I would have to do it every time. I already tried reflashing the omega rom. After wipe but same thing the moment i reboot it will not het past the s4 logo. Any idea on this one. I really need help
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U can try two thing first
Go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and then reboot
Reboot and see if the problem is solved
If not the go to settings and reset the device and reboot this should clear that problem let me know what happens
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123hiten said:
U can try two thing first
Go to recovery and wipe cache and dalvik cache and then reboot
Reboot and see if the problem is solved
If not the go to settings and reset the device and reboot this should clear that problem let me know what happens
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda premium
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Thanks! Currently trying that. Will let you know right away....
Same thing cant get past Samsung s4 logo...
I will try to go back to stick rom using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
Hopefully this works.
I have just finish flashing the official stock rom for my country and the carrier. Went through all the Software update. BOOM! now working.... Im just wondering what happened. but i am so glad i have my s4 up and running again. No more bootloops for me
mirvashstorm said:
I have just finish flashing the official stock rom for my country and the carrier. Went through all the Software update. BOOM! now working.... Im just wondering what happened. but i am so glad i have my s4 up and running again. No more bootloops for me
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Good to hear that & bootloop happens for some system files clashing Etc
And ya to to be out of the issues i suggest do a full reser from ur device if u have not done that :good:

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