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I have tried to install, following instruction on this site to install ROM's. I have tried Starburst and Task650. I currently have the OTA Touchwiz installed from Samsung, and Pershoot kernel 2.6.34-4-cyanogenmod installed. Every time I try it goes through the process and successfully I reboot, it boots to the Samsung Logo (Start) and I wait like 20 minutes and it does nothing, just stay at the start Samsung logo. I have done this several times on each ROM, always having to go back to a backup I did. What am I doing wrong? Why can’t I install any ROMs? I would greatly appreciate some expert advice, because I hear so many great things about Task650 I really want to give it a shot. I am an ex-iPad owner, gave to daughter as a friend had one and let me use it; feel in love with it the moment I picked it up. I have also searched the forums, but I am doing everything to the T as outlined in instructions. Had my tab for a week, it isn’t a 10.1v or I/O series. Thanks everyone in advance for helping a complete noob when it comes to android.
Sounds like a case of missing to clear the cache.
Did you wipe the cache partition and dalvic cache in the recovery menu?
After making major changes like switching between roms or kernels thats recommended and if not done might cause such an issue.
I did
I did do those steps, did the factory wipe/reset, wiped cache, wiped dalvic. Once I did those 3 steps, installed from zip, goes through the steps successfully, but when I reboot it just stay on logo. I read, it could take 5-10 min, but I have waited up to 20 and it doesn't move past that. Just see what I am doing wrong, as the 2 roms have both done that, and I have tried several times with both. Just have the stock rom with Touchwiz OTA upgrade from Samsung, and pershoots latest kernel. Thanks in advance.
bad zip file?
Is it possible the zip files are getting corrupt? Are you downloading them on your tab or on computer and transferring them over? I would also check to see if there are any errors when you flash.
Download from computer and transfer over. How can I if there are errors as once I install a ROM it just stays at the logo. After it starts to install it end with, i cant recall exactly, but it says success. Thanks in advance
In cwm when you flash there is some text readout. That is where some error messages could be seen. That text will be there before you choose reboot on the menu.
sounds like you've had some issues bro. if you do get fed up and need some help, just let me know and we can video chat through gmail or skype to get you through it and get you a custom rom.
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I have tried to install, following instruction on this site to install ROM's. I have tried Starburst and Task650. I currently have the OTA Touchwiz installed from Samsung, and Pershoot kernel 2.6.34-4-cyanogenmod installed. Every time I try it goes through the process and successfully I reboot, it boots to the Samsung Logo (Start) and I wait like 20 minutes and it does nothing, just stay at the start Samsung logo. I have done this several times on each ROM, always having to go back to a backup I did. What am I doing wrong? Why can’t I install any ROMs? I would greatly appreciate some expert advice, because I hear so many great things about Task650 I really want to give it a shot. I am an ex-iPad owner, gave to daughter as a friend had one and let me use it; feel in love with it the moment I picked it up. I have also searched the forums, but I am doing everything to the T as outlined in instructions. Had my tab for a week, it isn’t a 10.1v or I/O series. Thanks everyone in advance for helping a complete noob when it comes to android.
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Well first...are you rooted? Do you have Clockworkmod, Superuser, and Busybox?
Oh and congrats on your switch from Apple to Android
slice2011 said:
I have tried to install, following instruction on this site to install ROM's. I have tried Starburst and Task650. I currently have the OTA Touchwiz installed from Samsung, and Pershoot kernel 2.6.34-4-cyanogenmod installed. Every time I try it goes through the process and successfully I reboot, it boots to the Samsung Logo (Start) and I wait like 20 minutes and it does nothing, just stay at the start Samsung logo. I have done this several times on each ROM, always having to go back to a backup I did. What am I doing wrong? Why can’t I install any ROMs? I would greatly appreciate some expert advice, because I hear so many great things about Task650 I really want to give it a shot. I am an ex-iPad owner, gave to daughter as a friend had one and let me use it; feel in love with it the moment I picked it up. I have also searched the forums, but I am doing everything to the T as outlined in instructions. Had my tab for a week, it isn’t a 10.1v or I/O series. Thanks everyone in advance for helping a complete noob when it comes to android.
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Maybe try in "reverse" order
Flash kernel back to stock - flash the rom you want - if that works then flash pershoots kernel
Just a thought
hy
i installed the overcome rom on my 7500, and i'm so entusiast!
Try it it's very easy!
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i did it in recovery, do wipe data
Yes its is rooted, cmw, superuser, and busybox all installed. Installed both roms in recovery, hold volume down and power method. Just can't figure it out, I will do the reverse suggestion and report back later tonight or tomorrow.thanks everyone for the advice/help.
no erreor s after install, think task's says success or something to that effect.
Well it finally stuck, I knew it was going right as when it was installing system files, it took like 5 minutes, the other time I did it took like 30 seconds. As per Stinky73 went back to stock Kernel, and wipe data, clear cache partition, and wipe Dalvik Cache, Thanks a million Stinky73 u da man! HELL YEAH this Rock, it is so responsive, seems a hell of a lot smoother, and apps just snap open. Task you did one outstanding job. This is coming from a noob who has no idea how much work goes into these, I am sure a lot. So from a noob to an expert EXCELLENT JOB, love my Tab that much more!!!!! Thanks everyone for the help, I am one happy camper! Now another dilemma, I saw new versions: How do I install these now that I have Tasks650 installed and working? Do I have to do the same steps above, wipe data, cache, and Dalvik? And if so what do I do next, do I do the same: Also is the BOB_WOW_Fix installed using the same method as i read flashable, sorry for the noob question, just want to get it right.
1. install zip from sdcard.
2. choose zip from sdcard.
NEW!!!- Task650's V7.1
Once again... I forgot to add "Desktop UAstring to V7.1 so flash this update after you boot up V7.1 if you want it.
Can someone please give me the proper ateps on installing the bob_wow_fix, and the 2 7.1 updates? Thanks
slice2011 said:
Can someone please give me the proper ateps on installing the bob_wow_fix, and the 2 7.1 updates? Thanks
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There's no complete fix for BoB and WoW, its a continuous work in progress.
bob wow fix
Are you taking about the fix task posted?
What I had to do was wipe cache first then flash the zip just like you did on the rom. And bobs your uncle.
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Oh ya I would reboot after each flash just to be sure.
So as you probably read had a hell of a time getting a rom installed, followed stink'ys advice and it worked. Installed 6.0, finally, than installed the 6.1 theme update, no issues. Than downloaded the 7.1, followed op. wiped dalvik, wiped cache, and wipe data/factory restore. No errors, but when I rebooted it got stuck once again on the Samsung logo with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 print. So i do not know what the heck I am doing wrong. I got 6.0 than 6.1 updated and now I am back to my initial problem with 7.1, no I didn't use the 7.1 update one. tried 3 times, and even downloaded the fiel again, and followed the same steps task outlined, and no go. Had to restore the 6.1 from back up.
slice2011 said:
So as you probably read had a hell of a time getting a rom installed, followed stink'ys advice and it worked. Installed 6.0, finally, than installed the 6.1 theme update, no issues. Than downloaded the 7.1, followed op. wiped dalvik, wiped cache, and wipe data/factory restore. No errors, but when I rebooted it got stuck once again on the Samsung logo with the Galaxy Tab 10.1 print. So i do not know what the heck I am doing wrong. I got 6.0 than 6.1 updated and now I am back to my initial problem with 7.1, no I didn't use the 7.1 update one. tried 3 times, and even downloaded the fiel again, and followed the same steps task outlined, and no go. Had to restore the 6.1 from back up.
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All sounds very strange...is it definitely stuck on the boot screen? These things can take anything from 5-20 minutes on initial boot, there is no definite rule for that, seems to be device related in some strange way...how long have you left it?
I am really an OCD when it comes to upgrading and always backup (nandroid or whatever) then go back to the very start before trying something new...years of PC and Mac have taught me that even tho the manufacturers say you just apply upgrades on top of previous upgrades, sooner or later they will f**k up....
I wonder why you are passing thro all the steps you are...(going thro 6.0, 6.1 etc)
I would be inclined to try going back to stock....stock whatever it was rom when you got the tab (notice you've never stated what model you have), stock kernel, nothing installed....then go direct to Tasks 7.1 (everything needed in 6.x is incorporated in 7.1) .... then, if it boots and runs, add pershoots kernel...
What do you reckon Task?? Can you chip in on this one?
Cheers, Stinky
@ slice2011.....any news?
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And bobs your uncle..
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How'd you know Bob was my uncle?
Oh wait..everybody has an uncle bob somewhere
Hey guys. Been running CM nightlies on my wife's HD2 for her. Previous one I had running was the cm_leo_full-20110830.zip. Now that nightlies are back up and being built, I decided to DL the latest (cm_leo_full-20110927.zip). I booted her phone up into MAGLDR, keyed down to recovery, booted up into CWM, wiped cache and then flashed cm_leo_full-20110830.zip in recovery. Then I rebooted her phone. It has now been sitting at the CM7 splash screen with the rotating arrow for about 20 minutes. It's not bootlooping or anything. The arrow keeps spinning and spinning, but it's not booting into CM7. We're both getting a bit frustrated and can't understand what's taking so long. I have a ton of experience rooting/flashing, etc., on many phones (G1, MT3G, Nexus One, MT4G, G2x, and now my HTC Sensation), but am fairly new to the HD2 world.
Any help you can provide will be great appreciated. TIA.
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Hey guys. Been running CM nightlies on my wife's HD2 for her. Previous one I had running was the cm_leo_full-20110830.zip. Now that nightlies are back up and being built, I decided to DL the latest (cm_leo_full-20110927.zip). I booted her phone up into MAGLDR, keyed down to recovery, booted up into CWM, wiped cache and then flashed cm_leo_full-20110830.zip in recovery. Then I rebooted her phone. It has now been sitting at the CM7 splash screen with the rotating arrow for about 20 minutes. It's not bootlooping or anything. The arrow keeps spinning and spinning, but it's not booting into CM7. We're both getting a bit frustrated and can't understand what's taking so long. I have a ton of experience rooting/flashing, etc., on many phones (G1, MT3G, Nexus One, MT4G, G2x, and now my HTC Sensation), but am fairly new to the HD2 world.
Any help you can provide will be great appreciated. TIA.
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Firstly make sure you have the right size partition for that particular rom
Then wipe data, cache, dalvik cache(in advanced), and lastly format boot and system in the mounting option then flash the rom
I used to meet this problem but after pull out the battery and restart the phone it is ok.
Something in SD may make the boot processing taking longer, so i think you should try with formatted SD card.
Thanks for the replies guys. I'll try both out tonight and see what happens. Not sure why the sd card would matter though, as this is a NAND install. The build should boot, even without an sd card installed.
As an addition to the replies above,
A first boot can take up to 45 minutes.
So be patient also.
Again, thanks for your responses guys. I just flashed the latest nightly/daily (9-29-11) on her phone through CWM and it booted up just fine. Only wiped cache and dalvik cache. Not sure why it worked fine this time and not with the previous build. Only problem I'm seeing is that her camera hangs now. It won't load up, just hangs and then gives the option to Force Close or Wait. Waiting does nothing. Can someone point me to the thread where discussion of these (http://cyanogenmod.arif-ali.co.uk/rom/) nightly/dailies is appropriate?
Thanks again!
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Again, thanks for your responses guys. I just flashed the latest nightly/daily (9-29-11) on her phone through CWM and it booted up just fine. Only wiped cache and dalvik cache. Not sure why it worked fine this time and not with the previous build. Only problem I'm seeing is that her camera hangs now. It won't load up, just hangs and then gives the option to Force Close or Wait. Waiting does nothing. Can someone point me to the thread where discussion of these (http://cyanogenmod.arif-ali.co.uk/rom/) nightly/dailies is appropriate?
Thanks again!
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Bah! Forgive me. The answer was right within the link that I posted. Seems many are experiencing the same issues. Thanks.
Many are having problems with the cameras. May want to try downloading lgcamera from the market. Seems to work pretty well with most roms/builds
I just bought a Nook Color and installed CM9 on it. The bottom where it displays the notification and wireless signal is gone. Also every 5 seconds is force closing everything. Apollo looks cool but I cant check it out mainly cause itll force close it. N i forgot to add it FREEZES! Can anyone tell me if I downloaded the wrong thing n have to re install or just forget it. N if i have to re flash please give me the WORKING links n directions THANKS!!!
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I just bought a Nook Color and installed CM9 on it. The bottom where it displays the notification and wireless signal is gone. Also every 5 seconds is force closing everything. Apollo looks cool but I cant check it out mainly cause itll force close it. N i forgot to add it FREEZES! Can anyone tell me if I downloaded the wrong thing n have to re install or just forget it. N if i have to re flash please give me the WORKING links n directions THANKS!!!
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How did you install it? To SD or internal memory. And which version of CM9 are you using? Opengl or non-opengl?
If you installed to internal memory, did you factory reset via CWM first? You need to if coming from stock. You can still do it now.
If you installed to SD, what class SD card are you using? It should be a Sandisk class 4.
Your download isn't broken. CM9 on the NC is - it isn't really *done* yet on the Nook Color. Developers are working on it, but for now your best bet is CM7.2. I expect we might hear an announcement very soon, but for now, use CM7.2.
It's obvious that the installation of this person has problems.
CM9 DOESNT have this kind of problems. It might be a bit slower in hardware acceleration matters in comparison to CM7, but it sure works fine in all other matters.
It's quite mature by now.
Produced by NookColor at ICS AOKP 4.0.4
BennyP86 said:
I just bought a Nook Color and installed CM9 on it. The bottom where it displays the notification and wireless signal is gone. Also every 5 seconds is force closing everything. Apollo looks cool but I cant check it out mainly cause itll force close it. N i forgot to add it FREEZES! Can anyone tell me if I downloaded the wrong thing n have to re install or just forget it. N if i have to re flash please give me the WORKING links n directions THANKS!!!
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What did you download?
Edit: Forget it. LeapinLar already asked all the pertinent questions.
I'm having similar issues as well. It's kind of sluggish and it has frozen a few times already. I downloaded the nightly by Eyeballer over at Techerrata: cm-9-encore-20120904-0700-unofficial.zip.
In the instructions over at Androidforums does say that it might be sluggish the first few days so I guess I will just have to wait it out. I did just install about roughly 12 hours ago.
I just installed today, over my CM7.2 install in internal memory. It seemed okay at first, though a bit sluggish. But then I re-booted it and now it is acting possessed. Apps are launching by themselves (Play Store, a notepad app I had installed, voice command window, etc.) Very odd. I've shut it down and re-booted, same thing. I am thinking of maybe doing a complete fresh install from a SD card, wiping out all my apps from 7.2 and see if that helps at all. Or, I made a backup of my 7.2 install from CWM before installing CM9, so can always go back to that.
Just to follow up on my previous post: My NC running CM9 (latest GL version) did stabilize quite a bit after a day or so. But it still is very sluggish at times, to respond to screen touches, opening apps, and even loading webpages. I ran the Quadrant benchmark tool and the results are slightly lower than I got with CM7.2, but not terribly so. I'm debating whether to go back to 7.2, or do a factory reset and try a fresh install of CM9 and see if that's any better? Is there any evidence that a fresh install will work better than updating over a installed 7.2?
It's total mistake to update CM9 over Cm7 or any other different system.
To be able to talk about how things should be, you need to do a clean install and then for sure things will be better.
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It's total mistake to update CM9 over Cm7 or any other different system.
To be able to talk about how things should be, you need to do a clean install and then for sure things will be better.
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Wow, that made a world of difference! Thanks. I thought I'd read somewhere else that it was okay to update from CM7 to CM9.
Hey guys,
this is my first post and my problem is as follows:
I had ICS 4.0.x on my galaxy tab 10,1 P7500, I then installed CWM 5.5.0.4. but had a rolling window. I then continued to install a bootloader (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27830023&postcount=41) with the appropriate bootloader for the p4. This fixed the rolling recovery and allowed me to install CM10 using CWM.
But my current problem is when the device goes on sleep mode and I wake the device up the screen is scrambled, can anyone tell me how to fix this?
Thank you in advance
The only fix i found is for HC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680738
Edit:
I fixed the rolling screen issue after screen unlock with pershoot's help, thanks again pershoot!
Maybe it will also work for you , here we go:
If you have installed the latest cm10 build, there is only one issue for the p4wifi , you must be on the US ICS Bootloader .
So download the recovery.tar.md5 from here:
http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/roms/cm10/p4wifi/recovery.tar.md5
Than go into download mode and flash this recovery using ODIN, (select pda and look for this file where you safed it, than click start)
Than, download the right US ICS Bootloader here:
http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/roms/cm10/p4wifi/US_LPL_4.0.4_bootloader.zip
Flash this also via ODIN in the PDA section, this may take a little longer, don't panic...
After that, the tablet will reboot and it should work... don't blame me if it didn't, but i had this rolling screen on almost every rom, and everything is fixed now...
I wish you good luck because i know it IS very annoying..
Thanks for the reply DefQon, I agree I think this is most annoying errors I have ever gotten.
I also searched high and low and could only find the fix for HC.
DefQoN_BE said:
I have EXACT the same issue, i'm running the latest cm10 build from droidbasement.com, if anyone can please help us???
The only fix i found is for HC
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1680738
I wish you good luck because i know it IS very annoying..
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I have tried this method and works perfectly!
Thank you sooo much!!!
I am afraid to put a rom on my 10.1, i love it though!
blacks10 said:
I am afraid to put a rom on my 10.1, i love it though!
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There's nothing you should be afraid of there is a fix for everything, and if you can't find it? There are nice poeple out there who wants to solve your problrm on xda developers forum
@drefcom: you're welcome
Please help - When turning off the Screen Android 4.1.1 will not come back on
I have the following problem.
When I install one of the latest rom e.g.
[ROM] [JB] [P4--P4WIFI--P4VZW]
4.1.2 AOKP for the Galaxy Tab 10.1
or
[ROM][JB][CM10] Android 4.1.1 - CyanogenMod 10 Preview
then I have this problem:
When I turn off with the "Power"-Hardbutton, then it turns off, but it does not turn back on. The screen stays black.
With the Rom ...
[ROM][JB][CM10] Android 4.1.1 - CyanogenMod 10 Preview "cm-10-20120814-EXPERIMENTAL-p4.zip" from August everything works fine.
Since I had this flickering problem I flashed the bootloader before I installed all these Roms.
But one works and all new ones don't.
Anyone has a idea what to do?
thx
drefcom said:
Thanks for the reply DefQon, I agree I think this is most annoying errors I have ever gotten.
I also searched high and low and could only find the fix for HC.
I have tried this method and works perfectly!
Thank you sooo much!!!
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:good:
Thanks this helped me fix a mates Galaxy Tab 10.1
I was starting to pull my hair out and this worked so well.
Takes no time to do and no need to reflash the rom.
Hi guys.
speersie said:
:good:
Thanks this helped me fix a mates Galaxy Tab 10.1
I was starting to pull my hair out and this worked so well.
Takes no time to do and no need to reflash the rom.
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i tried this method, but at second flashing (bootloader.zip) i get "0 succeed/0 failed" and still i get that scramble, and have to reboot all the time.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Cheers!:good:
Problems solved
I solved my problems. I installed the "custom" bootloader for each Rom and the "black screen" problem is now gone.
Thanx anyway.
drefcom said:
Thanks for the reply DefQon, I agree I think this is most annoying errors I have ever gotten.
I also searched high and low and could only find the fix for HC.
I have tried this method and works perfectly!
Thank you sooo much!!!
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I have tested the fix for weeks now and it worked great.
Except, this afternoon my tablet randomly restarted and now won't go past CM 10 boot screen.
Any idea whether reflashing the ROM without wyping, purely just installing (as is) CM10 M2 from CWM? Or any other ideas?
I have tried clearing the cache and the dalvik cache. I then tried doing a factory reset but it doesn't seem to proress. I thought if I can do a factory reset then reinstall the ROM I might get it to work but I can't install the ROM as it says "Error (Status 7)?
I have tried formatting the /data in attempt to get the factory reset to work but this also freezes.
Currently, my tablet is in an infinite loop cycle and I cannot change the ROM or do a factory reset.
Thanks, you guys have really been helpful!
drefcom said:
I have tested the fix for weeks now and it worked great.
Except, this afternoon my tablet randomly restarted and now won't go past CM 10 boot screen.
Any idea whether reflashing the ROM without wyping, purely just installing (as is) CM10 M2 from CWM? Or any other ideas?
I have tried clearing the cache and the dalvik cache. I then tried doing a factory reset but it doesn't seem to proress. I thought if I can do a factory reset then reinstall the ROM I might get it to work but I can't install the ROM as it says "Error (Status 7)?
I have tried formatting the /data in attempt to get the factory reset to work but this also freezes.
Currently, my tablet is in an infinite loop cycle and I cannot change the ROM or do a factory reset.
Thanks, you guys have really been helpful!
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After hours of trying I have found a solution.
I previously had done backups. I tried each one until one started restoring. It completed quite a lot till it froze and I restarted into recovery.
I did a cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe and could then complete a factory reset.
It has now booted completely into ICS where I can now flash CM10 again.
The tablet works normally as you would expect on ICS. I booted into recovery and tried to flash CM10 M2 for the GT-P7500 but I still get a error, status 7.
Anyone experienced this?
drefcom said:
After hours of trying I have found a solution.
I previously had done backups. I tried each one until one started restoring. It completed quite a lot till it froze and I restarted into recovery.
I did a cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe and could then complete a factory reset.
It has now booted completely into ICS where I can now flash CM10 again.
The tablet works normally as you would expect on ICS. I booted into recovery and tried to flash CM10 M2 for the GT-P7500 but I still get a error, status 7.
Anyone experienced this?
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Status 7 usually indicates the wrong update file, are you sure you are flashing the right ROM for the 7500?
Perhaps try to flash the recovery and bootloader first and then the right ROM and see what happens?
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Status 7 usually indicates the wrong update file, are you sure you are flashing the right ROM for the 7500?
Perhaps try to flash the recovery and bootloader first and then the right ROM and see what happens?
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The thing is it is the exact same file I used to flash the previous time.. I first updated my recovery and bootloader before flashing and still get the error. Thanx for the thought though.
First, let me get the formalities out of the way... long time lurker, first time poster. I hope you guys can help me out!
My GS4 semi-bricked while trying to restore my phone from LiquidSmooth ROM . My phone had no MAC address nor IP address after I flashed to LiquidSmooth, so I figured I needed to restore files I may have accidentally deleted.. The phone became stuck on the splash screen so I tried pulling the battery, going into recovery, and clearing cache/dalvik. No luck.
So then I tried to restore using a backup that I had made before flashing, but then it got stuck on the AT&T screen. Tried to clear cache/dalvik, but it didn't work. I thought maybe the back up didn't work because I was flashed into a different ROM, so I downloaded this stock rom by scrosier, and tried again... but to no avail.
Now I want to try flashing the phone back to stock, but I have a early 2008 MacBook running 10.7.5 (Lion). Odin is windows only, and Heimdall doesn't work on my version of OS X (keeps crashing the moment I open it). I thought maybe updating my MacBook to Mountain Lion (10.8) might work, but Mountain Lion is not supported on my Macbook, thus cannot update OS X... and I don't have access to a PC at this moment either.
Is my only option to go out and buy windows and install on bootcamp? Does anyone know if I could flash my phone back to stock using the computer I have now?
Sorry if my post didn't make any sense. I'm in a hurry and I want to fix my phone already! Thanks in advance
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I have TWRP 2.5.0.3 on my phone
sebbo1 said:
First, let me get the formalities out of the way... long time lurker, first time poster. I hope you guys can help me out!
My GS4 semi-bricked while trying to restore my phone from LiquidSmooth ROM . My phone had no MAC address nor IP address after I flashed to LiquidSmooth, so I figured I needed to restore files I may have accidentally deleted.. The phone became stuck on the splash screen so I tried pulling the battery, going into recovery, and clearing cache/dalvik. No luck.
So then I tried to restore using a backup that I had made before flashing, but then it got stuck on the AT&T screen. Tried to clear cache/dalvik, but it didn't work. I thought maybe the back up didn't work because I was flashed into a different ROM, so I downloaded this stock rom by scrosier, and tried again... but to no avail.
Now I want to try flashing the phone back to stock, but I have a early 2008 MacBook running 10.7.5 (Lion). Odin is windows only, and Heimdall doesn't work on my version of OS X (keeps crashing the moment I open it). I thought maybe updating my MacBook to Mountain Lion (10.8) might work, but Mountain Lion is not supported on my Macbook, thus cannot update OS X... and I don't have access to a PC at this moment either.
Is my only option to go out and buy windows and install on bootcamp? Does anyone know if I could flash my phone back to stock using the computer I have now?
Sorry if my post didn't make any sense. I'm in a hurry and I want to fix my phone already! Thanks in advance
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If you are able to access recovery then do this:
Put Liquid Smooth and its gapps on the external card using a card reader
Go into recovery, factory reset, wipe both caches, format /system, flash the rom and gapps, reboot
Colonel Sanders said:
If you are able to access recovery then do this:
Put Liquid Smooth and its gapps on the external card using a card reader
Go into recovery, factory reset, wipe both caches, format /system, flash the rom and gapps, reboot
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I actually tried to reflash Liquid Smooth and wiped cache / factory reset, but once it reboots, a screen pops up that says "Android is updating" and updates 120 files. However, when it finishes, it gives me an error along the lines of "Unfortunately... something something," and instantly reboots. Then it hangs on the Liquid Smooth splash screen. Couldn't get a good look at what the message said because it happens so quickly.
sebbo1 said:
I actually tried to reflash Liquid Smooth and wiped cache / factory reset, but once it reboots, a screen pops up that says "Android is updating" and updates 120 files. However, when it finishes, it gives me an error along the lines of "Unfortunately... something something," and instantly reboots. Then it hangs on the Liquid Smooth splash screen. Couldn't get a good look at what the message said because it happens so quickly.
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Then I suggest you flash a different ROM. Try out Slim. Liquid Smooth is just a Slim ripoff.
Put Slim and the Addons on the SD, and flash it like you would when changing ROMs. A clean wipe.
Colonel Sanders said:
Then I suggest you flash a different ROM. Try out Slim. Liquid Smooth is just a Slim ripoff.
Put Slim and the Addons on the SD, and flash it like you would when changing ROMs. A clean wipe.
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I'll give that a shot. Do you recommend the new 4.3 Google Edition Slim Rom?
sebbo1 said:
I'll give that a shot. Do you recommend the new 4.3 Google Edition Slim Rom?
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That's not Slim, he just put Slim because it's slimmed down. I haven't personally tried it. I'm a tester for SlimRoms, so thats all I ever run. Test builds. It does look nice though, but it won't have near the customization of Slim.
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That's not Slim, he just put Slim because it's slimmed down. I haven't personally tried it. I'm a tester for SlimRoms, so thats all I ever run. Test builds. It does look nice though, but it won't have near the customization of Slim.
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Are you talking about slimroms.net? If you are, which addons do I download?
EDIT: nevermind. I downloaded the AIO (all in one)
sebbo1 said:
Are you talking about slimroms.net? If you are, which addons do I download?
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Yes, slimroms.net
It just depends on whether or not you want all of the Google apps typically in a regular gapps pkg, or a stripped down version. I use the AIO_Addons, or you could get the Aroma, so you can pick and choose. The Slim_gapps is a stripped down version.
Colonel Sanders said:
Yes, slimroms.net
It just depends on whether or not you want all of the Google apps typically in a regular gapps pkg, or a stripped down version. I use the AIO_Addons, or you could get the Aroma, so you can pick and choose. The Slim_gapps is a stripped down version.
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One last question before I flash the rom. Is it loki'd? I don't see the answer on the website
sebbo1 said:
One last question before I flash the rom. Is it loki'd? I don't see the answer on the website
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Last time I flashed a weekly, it wasn't loki'd, but that was a while back. I'm running test builds from black_jck, and build my own sometimes. I mentioned it to him that the weekly wasn't loki'd but that was a while back, so I can't speak for them now. The official builds are. If you're going to flash the weekly, flash loki_doki just to be safe.
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Last time I flashed a weekly, it wasn't loki'd, but that was a while back. I'm running test builds from black_jck, and build my own sometimes. I mentioned it to him that the weekly wasn't loki'd but that was a while back, so I can't speak for them now. The official builds are. If you're going to flash the weekly, flash loki_doki just to be safe.
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Alright, so I flashed Slim and the AIO_addons, and rebooted the phone.
Once it was rebooting, the screen i mentioned earlier popped up, that said "Android is updating" and went through 109 files. When it was done, an error popped up quickly, saying that "Unfortunately..." and I couldn't read the rest before the phone rebooted. I let the screen hang for about 10 minutes, pulled the battery, cleared cache and dalvik, and rebooted again. No luck.
I think my best option now would be to return to stock, but I can't using my macbook. So my original question still stands.. How can I return to stock without using Odin and Heimdall?
sebbo1 said:
Alright, so I flashed Slim and the AIO_addons, and rebooted the phone.
Once it was rebooting, the screen i mentioned earlier popped up, that said "Android is updating" and went through 109 files. When it was done, an error popped up quickly, saying that "Unfortunately..." and I couldn't read the rest before the phone rebooted. I let the screen hang for about 10 minutes, pulled the battery, cleared cache and dalvik, and rebooted again. No luck.
I think my best option now would be to return to stock, but I can't using my macbook. So my original question still stands.. How can I return to stock without using Odin and Heimdall?
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I would say so myself, Odin back to stock, but since you have a mac and I'm not sure if Heimdall support the S4 try this:
Factory Reset
Wipe Cache
Wipe Dalvik
Format /system
Format /data
Format /internal (If CWM-based recovery)
Flash ROM, addons, reboot
sebbo1 said:
Alright, so I flashed Slim and the AIO_addons, and rebooted the phone.
Once it was rebooting, the screen i mentioned earlier popped up, that said "Android is updating" and went through 109 files. When it was done, an error popped up quickly, saying that "Unfortunately..." and I couldn't read the rest before the phone rebooted. I let the screen hang for about 10 minutes, pulled the battery, cleared cache and dalvik, and rebooted again. No luck.
I think my best option now would be to return to stock, but I can't using my macbook. So my original question still stands.. How can I return to stock without using Odin and Heimdall?
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I forgot to mention, the red LED light flashes every once in a while while on the Slim screen
sebbo1 said:
I forgot to mention, the red LED light flashes every once in a while while on the Slim screen
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That means the battery is low... Charge it up some... Check your PM for my gmail if you need some help, posting back and forth can take a while.
Well thanks for all your help! Happy that my phone is working again without having to flash to stock.
Phone booted normally once I switched to SlimBean. Much snappier and responsive than LiquidSmooth. Fixed the problems I was having with WiFi also.
Still haven't figured out a way to flash to stock using OS X Lion since Heimdall doesn't work and Odin is Windows only... Mods please lock or close thread because I don't need help anymore
sebbo1 said:
Well thanks for all your help! Happy that my phone is working again without having to flash to stock.
Phone booted normally once I switched to SlimBean. Much snappier and responsive than LiquidSmooth. Fixed the problems I was having with WiFi also.
Still haven't figured out a way to flash to stock using OS X Lion since Heimdall doesn't work and Odin is Windows only... Mods please lock or close thread because I don't need help anymore
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Glad you got it going man, and enjoy Slim, it's hands down the best ROM there is if you prefer minimal with tons of customization options.