Hello guys,
I wonder if somebody can help me. I bought a new Nexus 7 few days ago. As usual like with any other new device, I unlocked and rooted the device with the nexus root toolkit. After that I flashed via recovery a custom ROM. Everything worked fine, but after few hours, I wanted to try another rom, so I rebooted into recovery and the mistake I made was, that i wiped the inernal storage instead of cache. I was not able to get the custom ROM to the internal storage and the ROM was deleted, so the only option to bring the tablet to work was flashing original ROM via the toolkit or fastboot. Now I'm running on the original ROM, because when I try to flash any custom ROM, the insallation finishes fine, the tablet restarts and it gets stuck on the bootanimation.
I already tried 3 different ROMs, but the problem still persists and I have always to flash back the original ROM to get the tablet working.
Does anybody know, how to solve this problem? I really want to have a custom ROM running.
I appriciate your help!
Thanks for any ideas!
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Re download the rom of your choice to the tablet. Goo manager is my preferred method Keeps from adb push to the device...
Then Boot into recovery.. TWRP is what i use..
Wipe dalvik cache and system...
you can also in twrp .. copy your rom to usb/sd media boot into twrp with a connected usb media.. do full wipe and flash the rom from usb storage.. Great for those who have issues with internal storage. This way you can wipe it as well...
Good Luck....
Hello Erica, of course iI didit this way. As I wrote, I tried 3 different ROMs and the problem is always the same. I stucks on bootanimation.
First time I flashed custom ROM without any problems, but after flashing original ROM via the root toolkit, I am not able to get any custom ROM running.
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Wipe caches and if it gets s stuck at the boot screen sometimes you just have to turn it off for a bit and try turning it on in a couple minutes
sunman277 said:
Wipe caches and if it gets s stuck at the boot screen sometimes you just have to turn it off for a bit and try turning it on in a couple minutes
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did you flash a custom kernel? you are not suppose to before the first boot
Sunmann, I will try.
billchen, In the custom ROMs I tried was always a custom kernel. So it flashed kernel as well.
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Hello guys, I'm back again. It still doesn't work flashing any of the custom ROMs. Does anyone, please, have any other idea, what could cause the problem?
Thanks a lot!
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I tried to install a new rom after updating TWRP 2.3.0.0. after all was complete it stuck on the boot screen. I then tried with the Nexus Root Toolkit to use a restore from backup. Same problem. I then tried to flash stock and unroot. Same problem. I then tried a number of things through TWRP from backups I had their. Same problem. At present I have no OS and I can only boot into TWRP, turn if off or look at the GOOGLE screen. I have run out of ideas and would appreciate any help offered.
If you have tried everything else (flashing a ROM zip etc.) Then you should flash the factory image from Google.
Don't use the script/batch file as that will wipe your internal storage.
Just flash system and boot.
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Sometimes a rom takes a long time to boot for the first time, please be very patient. Also, try wiping everything from /system, and then re install a custom rom from your /sdcard partition. also make sure your roms are for the nexus 7 not galaxy nexus or other similar devices. ONE MORE THING 4.1.2 wont flash with 4.1.1 bootloader.
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I tried to install a new rom after updating TWRP 2.3.0.0. after all was complete it stuck on the boot screen. I then tried with the Nexus Root Toolkit to use a restore from backup. Same problem. I then tried to flash stock and unroot. Same problem. I then tried a number of things through TWRP from backups I had their. Same problem. At present I have no OS and I can only boot into TWRP, turn if off or look at the GOOGLE screen. I have run out of ideas and would appreciate any help offered.
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There was a bug in TWRP V2.3.0.0 use fastboot to flash V2.3.1.0 and then reflash the rom
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There was a bug in TWRP V2.3.0.0 use fastboot to flash V2.3.1.0 and then reflash the rom
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Got it working. Thanks all for your suggestions.
jmtend said:
Got it working. Thanks all for your suggestions.
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How did you fix it? I have no OS and my internal SD card was erased too I don't know how to flash from fastboot
Adb push a ROM.
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AshleyPem28 said:
How did you fix it? I have no OS and my internal SD card was erased too I don't know how to flash from fastboot
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I know many people hate the talk about toolkits but I was in the same situation and I used Wug's toolkit and it saved me. I downloaded 4.1.2 image directly from Google, as the toolkit only has 4.1.1.
I tried to return to stock on my own and it just went from bad to worse. I would of spent more time trying to fix it on my own but I was on a very tight time constraint. It will unroot your device but it is easy to root again.
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Billchen0014 said:
Sometimes a rom takes a long time to boot for the first time, please be very patient. Also, try wiping everything from /system, and then re install a custom rom from your /sdcard partition. also make sure your roms are for the nexus 7 not galaxy nexus or other similar devices. ONE MORE THING 4.1.2 wont flash with 4.1.1 bootloader.
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THANK YOU the "ONE MORE THING" is all I needed to know for the same problem!
So ive been having this issue and it started all after i tried to flash the ubuntu zips that were supposed to work with a custom recovery. I flashed correctly as everyone said to do so, and my recovery would restart during flashing of the armhf.zip(the larger zip). The armhf.zip would get around 2/3 done and then just restart the recovery but now i am having the problem that i cannot recover from any of my recoveries without my recovery restarting. TWRP will recover the system and then while it is recovering the /data partition it restarts back into the recovery, but does not finish the restore. I am running the latest twrp 2.4.1.0. Please let me know if anyone knows how to fix this issue, or if you have experienced this.
Thanks in advance,
I am wondering if i am going to have to flash factory firmware and rom from google and unroot, and then reroot and what not. Just let me know if any of this would help.
Ran into the same exact thing. Had limited success wiping, restoring nandroid backups, or installing CM10 nightlies. I was finally able to get back up and running this morning using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121673 to do a full wipe then install a clean Android ROM.
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melvis02 said:
Ran into the same exact thing. Had limited success wiping, restoring nandroid backups, or installing CM10 nightlies. I was finally able to get back up and running this morning using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121673 to do a full wipe then install a clean Android ROM.
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I am able to flash ROMs fine, its just restoring from nandroid that messes it up, did you do the kernel cleaner and superwipe or just the super wipe zip?
Edit: nevermind I just flashed super wipe, and everything is all good now, I can fully restore. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
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Hello there, I just got my N10 32MB a few weeks ago and after playing with the stock rom for a bit decided to try some custom roms. I've tried CM10.1M3 and Paranoid and a couple others all with the same result. I flash them and they stay on the loading screen forever. I've used the Nexus 10 Toolkit donater version and I'm no stranger to dropping a custom rom on an android device I've been playing with them since the original Motorola Droid. I would have thought the N10 would have been cake to do this on but nothings is working. The ONLY rom it will take is the stock rom 4.22. I was able to successfully re-install it via adb after wiping all the roms off of the device. If anyone has any insight I would really appreciate it.
Go back in recovery, format /system, wipe data/factory reset, reflash ROM, gapps, reboot. Normal steps for flashing a ROM.
And you didn't use ADB to reflash stock images, but fastboot. Damn toolkits...
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I'm no expert , but my first time I got the same result as you, what saved my bacon
Was that I done a backup first.
If I were to guess what my problem was
Maybe a corrupt donwload
And then make sure you do these steps
In recovery (cwm,tcwm)
Wipe -> Factory reset -> Cache and Davilk cache
Then go in
Install -> ROM -> Gapps
I take no responsibilities in case it bricks yours... but this as work for me.
Plus YouTube makes it really easy to do...if you need a videos tut's...
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Thanks for both the replies. Yes, I've done all this formatted system wiped both cache redownloaded the files tried sending them to the device from different PC's. You're right I didn't flash the rom via adb it was fastboot, I ened up having to sideload something via adb in tcwm maybe it was when I returned it to stock unrooted and relocked it to start all the way from square 1. I'm really at a loss I've let it sit at the boot screen for as long as 30 min and nothing starts up. It only seems to want to run stock 4.22.
ironhelix said:
I'm no expert , but my first time I got the same result as you, what saved my bacon
Was that I done a backup first.
If I were to guess what my problem was
Maybe a corrupt donwload
And then make sure you do these steps
In recovery (cwm,tcwm)
Wipe -> Factory reset -> Cache and Davilk cache
Then go in
Install -> ROM -> Gapps
I take no responsibilities in case it bricks yours... but this as work for me.
Plus YouTube makes it really easy to do...if you need a videos tut's...
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Make sure your boot loader is unlocked. I remember having this issue on my Skyrocket awhile back. It would hang on the custom ROM installs.
cowabunga said:
Make sure your boot loader is unlocked. I remember having this issue on my Skyrocket awhile back. It would hang on the custom ROM installs.
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It is...I even relocked it and unlocked it again as well as unrooted and rooted again to make sure.
Ok I clearly must be doing something wrong when it comes to flashing ROMs as the only I used to be able to install them was through Odin on my old gs2 and so far have been unable to install one via recovery on my new s4.
I follow the instructions exactly but yet find my self either bootloop(rarely) or most of the time stuck at the screen with white text of "Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505" on screen.
I have waited up to 30 mins on this screen as I have read first boot can take some time but 30mins should be enough?
Eventually I have to flash stock via odin to have my phone back working.
Loosely step by step this has been my process.
1)flash a recovery with odin(whichever recovery rom author recommends)
2)boot into recovery
3)full wipe
4)install zip from ext card
5)select rom
6)wait till installed it then asked me to install root, have tried both install and not install root
7)phone reboots, stuck on Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505 screen.
This is the same with omega,foxhound and wanamlite, clearly I am missing something here for it not to install correctly.
If it matters I am on t-mobile UK.
I have tried rooting the stock rom first before installing anything still no difference.
Thanks for reading
sometimes mine gets stuck on that screen as well after flashing something... i just hold the power button to restart the phone and then generally it boots up fine...
also I'm assuming you have an i9505?
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Yes i9505, I have tried long holding power button but just goes back to that screen. Just finding it quite frustrating now it must be something simple I'm missing.
igrieve said:
Ok I clearly must be doing something wrong when it comes to flashing ROMs as the only I used to be able to install them was through Odin on my old gs2 and so far have been unable to install one via recovery on my new s4.
I follow the instructions exactly but yet find my self either bootloop(rarely) or most of the time stuck at the screen with white text of "Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505" on screen.
I have waited up to 30 mins on this screen as I have read first boot can take some time but 30mins should be enough?
Eventually I have to flash stock via odin to have my phone back working.
Loosely step by step this has been my process.
1)flash a recovery with odin(whichever recovery rom author recommends)
2)boot into recovery
3)full wipe
4)install zip from ext card
5)select rom
6)wait till installed it then asked me to install root, have tried both install and not install root
7)phone reboots, stuck on Samsung Galaxys4 gt-i9505 screen.
This is the same with omega,foxhound and wanamlite, clearly I am missing something here for it not to install correctly.
If it matters I am on t-mobile UK.
I have tried rooting the stock rom first before installing anything still no difference.
Thanks for reading
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After flashing the ROm from recovery did u wipe cache & dalvik from recovery and reboot ?
If not pls try once and see it should work
123hiten said:
After flashing the ROm from recovery did u wipe cache & dalvik from recovery and reboot ?
If not pls try once and see it should work
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just tried for omega and foxhound and no difference just going to try the last one now.
just download a pre-rooted stock, flash via odin, then flash a recovery via odin, wipe everything, format /system and then install a custon first boot takes around 3 minutes...
Have now managed to get wanamlite up and running using the wipe cache & dalvik after installing rom, I am still none the wiser as to why the other two wouldn't install.
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Have now managed to get wanamlite up and running using the wipe cache & dalvik after installing rom, I am still none the wiser as to why the other two wouldn't install.
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It should work my friend give it a try again and which recovery are you using? Name
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Maybe your base rom wasen't the same as the rom you tried to flash?
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My friend has the exact same issue on his i9505 using twrp, he tried to flash various ROMs but not getting past boot screen, fortunately his back up worked but still no luck in getting a ROM to flash...very odd
Edit: he is running a 3 network supplied phone if that make any difference
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I have exactly the same!
Formatted, factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, stock firmware using Odin, Nothing is working so far..
$%^$%
Now trying to instal FoxHound 0.5.
Well still having problems lol no idea why but I can only install two ROMS but I am happy with the one I'm currently using but your always curious to see what the others are like.
If you guys are using twrp as your recovery and you format internal sd this will happen. It is a know issue with that recovery. It messes with the partition and you need to flash a different recovery. You may need to Odin back to stock to get the partition right and go from there. Hope this helps.
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Im currentl;y using philz_touch recovery, I have been having to go back to odin and flash stock rom just to get the phone running again after trying these roms. I havent tried any roms from the original android development forum so might see if I get any joy with them, I know it must be something silly I'm missing
It happens if the base ROM you are currently on isn't the same or similar to the ROM you're trying to flash. Maybe changelog of the ROM you're trying to flash is a lot higher tan your current ROM and things get mixed up. I have always had success by performing a factory reset after flashing the ROM.
I had the exact same problem going from MDE firmware to Omega V7. After flashing Omega again I did a factory reset and it was sweet
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I've tried installing the d3rp rom and optimus rom using twrp and cwm. It installs fine according to either recovery, but upon reboot I just get a loop of the sprint logo. I can restore back to my original recovery with no problem. Does anyone know why I just don't get to use custom roms? I have the v8 ota as well
I was able to flash the furnace kernel fine as well.
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When you flash roms, you have to wipe everything EXCEPT internal memory. I *hope* you made a backup of the stock rom before trying to flash. Also, which version of recovery are you using?
I'm using twrp 2.6.3.3 installed through freegee. I backed up my stock rom and have no problem recovering to it after it bootloops. I just don't understand why none of the custom rom flashes will take. I've wiped everything but system and internal storage every time before flashing, multiple times on some attempts, but every time I just get a loop. However, flashing the furnace kernel on stock worked fine and did not cause a loop
I had the same problem. I tried 4 different rooms and only the flex one took.
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I'm using twrp 2.6.3.3 installed through freegee. I backed up my stock rom and have no problem recovering to it after it bootloops. I just don't understand why none of the custom rom flashes will take. I've wiped everything but system and internal storage every time before flashing, multiple times on some attempts, but every time I just get a loop. However, flashing the furnace kernel on stock worked fine and did not cause a loop
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Your problem is you need to whipe system and data.
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Your problem is you need to whipe system and data.
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You are correct. I figured that out yesterday. Thanks for the help though.