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TWRP: Crashes restoring or wiping /data

Hi all,
Issue with TWRP and restore. I've got a backup, but when I tried to restore it, it would crash and reboot while restoring the /data partition. I try wiping the /data partition (I have my backup on a server, too) and it crashes midway through that, too. Just reboots and returns to TWRP.
What should I do?
Thanks,
Ben

Wipe cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, then restore.
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freshlysqueezed said:
Wipe cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, then restore.
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Tried that, no luck
I'm currently restoring the factory 4.2.2, then installing TWRP and adb'ing the files back over to try restoring again. Hopefully this works.
Thanks,
Ben

Fmstrat said:
Tried that, no luck
I'm currently restoring the factory 4.2.2, then installing TWRP and adb'ing the files back over to try restoring again. Hopefully this works.
Thanks,
Ben
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This issue is mentioned over in the official TWRP forum under "Original Android Development" The Dev acknowledged it, saying he needs to fiddle with it... Might not be bad if you poked your head in there with any other information you could add...
*fingers crossed* Hope they get it patched up soon... I'm a little restore shy now. Up until I encountered this, I was swapping ROMs on a nearly daily basis... No anymore.
I started over again, like you, and it works ok now. But I don't know when/if the problem will rear its ugly head again, so holding off until I hear more.

DefinityX said:
This issue is mentioned over in the official TWRP forum under "Original Android Development" The Dev acknowledged it, saying he needs to fiddle with it... Might not be bad if you poked your head in there with any other information you could add...
*fingers crossed* Hope they get it patched up soon... I'm a little restore shy now. Up until I encountered this, I was swapping ROMs on a nearly daily basis... No anymore.
I started over again, like you, and it works ok now. But I don't know when/if the problem will rear its ugly head again, so holding off until I hear more.
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I'm having the same problem with 2.5.5.0. Happens probably 30% of the time and always during the data restore. It completes on the second go-round, but I'm constantly holding my breath. I was under the impression that this was taken care of in this latest version.
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mine crashes when I do simple wipes
on latest
happens about 30% of the time too

I had that happen a lot, I just 2.3.3.0 now and it is perfect.
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/manta
Rom Toolbox app will let you install it too.

stonebear said:
I had that happen a lot, I just 2.3.3.0 now and it is perfect.
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/manta
Rom Toolbox app will let you install it too.
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Oh, good, I'll do that. Thanks.
Edit (5 min. later): Wow, that was easy, lol. Thanks again.
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bruce7373 said:
Oh, good, I'll do that. Thanks.
Edit (5 min. later): Wow, that was easy, lol. Thanks again.
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Enjoy a recovery you can have faith in, lol.

stonebear said:
Enjoy a recovery you can have faith in, lol.
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Ain't it the truth.
So I just tried doing the same with my phone and the installation failed, something about illegal instruction. I'm running CM 10.1 on an unlocked, S-OFF HTC Vivid.
Any ideas?
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bruce7373 said:
Ain't it the truth.
So I just tried doing the same with my phone and the installation failed, something about illegal instruction. I'm running CM 10.1 on an unlocked, S-OFF HTC Vivid.
Any ideas?
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Are you using Rom toolbox? If not, you aren't trying to flash the manta version are you?
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stonebear said:
Are you using Rom toolbox? If not, you aren't trying to flash the manta version are you?
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No, I tried with RomToolbox, same method as with the N10. I choose 2.3.3 0 from the list, so I assume it was the Holiday version. The first time I tried, it claimed I didn't have permission, but I think that was because it was the first time I was using Rom toolbox since flashing CM so the permission popup came after the fact. I rebooted and that was when the message changed to invalid instruction.
Edit: Tried again with 2.4.1.0. Same result. But I located the files and they are holiday, so I can just flash with fastboot, I guess.
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bruce7373 said:
Edit: Tried again with 2.4.1.0. Same result. But I located the files and they are holiday, so I can just flash with fastboot, I guess.
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Yea that should work. Must be a Rom toolbox problem, I would think.
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[Q] Stock Unrooted Flashable ROM

Does anyone know of a stock flashable ROM without Root and Busybox?
I'm aware of the thread guiding people on going back to factory but I don't want to do that. I want to be able to just flash a Rooted ROM if I want one and flash back to standard unrooted if I want using TWRP.
My reason behind this that I spend a lot of time on the train at the minute so decided to get Sky Go. Unfortunately it detects that the device is rooted and won't run.
There are a few threads around the net with scripts and suggestions but nothing seems to work for me.

I don't think there are any..... Hmmm.
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You can flash the stock ROM with fastboot but not from within recovery. Get it here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images

I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...

EddyOS said:
I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...
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If you could do that it would be great.
I was just looking at the tutorial to bake it myself but having issues with Cygwin. Much quicker and easier if you did it.
Owe you one.

I use Linux so it won't take long. You literally want a flashable stock ROM, no changes whatsoever?

EddyOS said:
I use Linux so it won't take long. You literally want a flashable stock ROM, no changes whatsoever?
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Exactly. I use a standard stock rooted ROM usually.
Just realised I don't actually use root for anything at the minute but likely will do in the future.
Thanks again.

I'll try and do it this afternoon but if not this evening once back at home

Uploading at the mo, it's literally the stock ROM dumped into the kitchen and cooked out with no change whatsoever

EddyOS said:
Uploading at the mo, it's literally the stock ROM dumped into the kitchen and cooked out with no change whatsoever
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Excellent. Thanks buddy.

I think I'll play with it too and keep the zip stored just so I have it.
Thanks
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Here you go. I've not tested but it should be fine (let me know if it's not)
https://www.yousendit.com/download/UVJnSU5IQVNiV3dPd3NUQw

Working perfectly so far mate! Sky Go is working and no wipe was required.
Owe you one mate. Top work. Thank you.

Good to hear! You're welcome

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I could make one I suppose, wouldn't take long at all...
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Very cool that you've done this, but I should give a word of caution: there are some problems that wiping via fastboot will fix, but installing a flashable stock .zip won't fix. For example, when a 16GB phone thinks it's only 8GB. (I have reason to believe that there are other problems that can only be fixed in this way, but I can't prove it. :silly

That's not something the OP cared about, he just needed to 'unroot' to use a TV app that checks for root access

He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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trapdogg said:
He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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It doesn't work - none of the 'root hiding' apps work with Sky Go

trapdogg said:
He should give this app a try
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1241517.
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I tried that.
I tried a script that was published on the net to remove root and busybox.
I tried removing root and busybox manually.
I tried flashing stock kernal
I tried several other apps.
A flashable stock rom was my last resort as I was under the impression that I'd need to wipe and I didn't want to do that. I just tried it without wiping on the off chance that it worked and it did, so problem solved.
None of my Apps were using Root so I thought I'd get rid of it completely but wanted the option to flash CM10.1 once Bluetooth MAP profile is fixed and working without having to go through putting TWRP on again.
It's all in the OP and posts following that.
EddyOS saw what I was after and offered to help. He's a great dude.

Just for learning purposes, how come no one has made a flashable stock zip until now? Wouldn't it just be like any custom rom but instead its just stock?

[Q] s4 camera

Is there any way to get the s4 camera app to work on a nexus 4? And how can I get it to work? I downloaded the stock s4 rom, found the camera app, tried to install it and it didn't work. I wasn't surprised though lol. So is there a way to get it to install?

The standalone apk won't work, since the app relies on the touch wiz framework. You would need a touch wiz rom for it to work properly.

chromium96 said:
The standalone apk won't work, since the app relies on the touch wiz framework. You would need a touch wiz rom for it to work properly.
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Oh. It's there any way to get a touchwiz rom? I couldn't find any :/

NuckFuggets said:
Oh. It's there any way to get a touchwiz rom? I couldn't find any :/
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It's possible but I don't think any developer would want to mess with it to port it onto the Nexus 4.
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scream4cheese said:
It's possible but I don't think any developer would want to mess with it to port it onto the Nexus 4.
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Oh ok. What would happen if I flash the s4 rom onto my phone, but then flash the n4 kernel? It would still brick, right?

I don't know about brick, but it would definitely not boot.
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NuckFuggets said:
Oh ok. What would happen if I flash the s4 rom onto my phone, but then flash the n4 kernel? It would still brick, right?
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Yes, most probably. The rom might try to repartition your device and that'll always lead to bricked devices. Don't even think about doing it.

exb0 said:
Yes, most probably. The rom might try to repartition your device and that'll always lead to bricked devices. Don't even think about doing it.
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Oh I see. Well I wasn't planning on doing it anyway but why is it that you can't flash another phones rom onto your phone? Like they all run android, so why not?

NuckFuggets said:
Oh I see. Well I wasn't planning on doing it anyway but why is it that you can't flash another phones rom onto your phone? Like they all run android, so why not?
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because every device has it's different components, and different component means different drivers. If you flash the wrong rom, it may brick your device, or it'll just not boot.
Different drivers (or libs) and different partitions and kernels are the main reason why you can't just flash another rom from another device.

exb0 said:
because every device has it's different components, and different component means different drivers. If you flash the wrong rom, it may brick your device, or it'll just not boot.
Different drivers (or libs) and different partitions and kernels are the main reason why you can't just flash another rom from another device.
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Oh I see. What if the two phones have the same hardware? Then would you be able to?

NuckFuggets said:
Oh I see. What if the two phones have the same hardware? Then would you be able to?
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Probably not. There would still likely be some differences. For example the htc desire and the nexus one, are extremely similar phones, however the roms are not interchangeable.
Also sorry to shift the direction of the thread, but does anyone know why some phones arent so easily bricked by software? The htc desire is a great example of this. I have flashed multiple roms and kernels not meant for the phone. Although it wont boot, the phone is not bricked. I can simply full wipe and restore a nandroid or flash a rom to fix it. With the nexus 4, this doesnt seem to be the case.

chromium96 said:
Probably not. There would still likely be some differences. For example the htc desire and the nexus one, are extremely similar phones, however the roms are not interchangeable.
Also sorry to shift the direction of the thread, but does anyone know why some phones arent so easily bricked by software? The htc desire is a great example of this. I have flashed multiple roms and kernels not meant for the phone. Although it wont boot, the phone is not bricked. I can simply full wipe and restore a nandroid or flash a rom to fix it. With the nexus 4, this doesnt seem to be the case.
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Oh ok. That sucks :/

NuckFuggets said:
Oh ok. That sucks :/
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That's why each device on XDA has their own little section call home.
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chromium96 said:
Probably not. There would still likely be some differences. For example the htc desire and the nexus one, are extremely similar phones, however the roms are not interchangeable.
Also sorry to shift the direction of the thread, but does anyone know why some phones arent so easily bricked by software? The htc desire is a great example of this. I have flashed multiple roms and kernels not meant for the phone. Although it wont boot, the phone is not bricked. I can simply full wipe and restore a nandroid or flash a rom to fix it. With the nexus 4, this doesnt seem to be the case.
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Probably the way they chose to assign the partitions on the device. It would be nice if there was a standard that everyone followed, but oh well.

NuckFuggets said:
Oh I see. What if the two phones have the same hardware? Then would you be able to?
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Even if they have the exact same hardware components (SoC, camera...) but have a different bootloader partition layout you'll end up bricking your device. Imagine the bootloader as a group of containers, and each contains some type of data packages, on some phones the kernel is located (for example) in mmcblk0p5 , on other it can be in mmcblk0p8... And many of those containers contain data that is not to be touched, and overwriting it mostly leads to bricking, and the only solution is to restore the bootloader using a JTAG (if you're device is supported of course).
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rayiskon said:
Even if they have the exact same hardware components (SoC, camera...) but have a different bootloader partition layout you'll end up bricking your device. Imagine the bootloader as a group of containers, and each contains some type of data packages, on some phones the kernel is located (for example) in mmcblk0p5 , on other it can be in mmcblk0p8... And many of those containers contain data that is not to be touched, and overwriting it mostly leads to bricking, and the only solution is to restore the bootloader using a JTAG (if you're device is supported of course).
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Hhm alright. Well it would be pretty cool if there was a standard that everyone followed, it would be awesome running s4 rom on the nexus 4 imo

NuckFuggets said:
Hhm alright. Well it would be pretty cool if there was a standard that everyone followed, it would be awesome running s4 rom on the nexus 4 imo
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in that case it shouldn't be called a Nexus anymore

Anybody want to try a possible fix or mitigation for random reboots?

UPDATE: don't need anyone testing this anymore as it is not fixing most reboots
Can someone who is running custom recovery and has bad/frequent reboots install the attached file and see if it alleviates your reboots?
Please let me know what version of the OS you are running and if you are on JSS15J or JSS15Q, whether you updated via factory image or OTA.
I am 99.99% sure nothing bad will happen to your system. This will not disable your ability to get OTAs, nor change any system files, nor affect touchscreen, nor affect GPS, ...

I'm running a version of cm which has worked better than stock but still a daily reboot. What is this file going to alter / Will it work on cm?
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joeshmoo said:
I'm running a version of cm which has worked better than stock but still a daily reboot. What is this file going to alter / Will it work on cm?
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If it works, it should work ok with CM as long as you run it in TWRP.
It doesn't actually touch the ROM. It uses the kernel to reset the DDR3 memory timings and allows the system to retrain.

Thanks, I like to know what I'm flashing. Just flashed, will report back.
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getting desperate and flashing this to try..

Didn't work. Just had my first reboot.
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fkfs9 said:
Didn't work. Just had my first reboot.
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Could you tell me what OS you are running and whether you've run an OTA before?

sfhub said:
Could you tell me what OS you are running and whether you've run an OTA before?
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I'm on 15Q odex stock ROM. I never had an ota before.
I rooted and unlocked the boot loader and flash this ROM yesterday.

Just had a reboot on mine as well.
Running build 8 of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2391779
[ROM][CM10.2][4.3][CyanogenMod FLO Kangs][DJL10.2][LINARO][Build 8][2013/08/25]

Ok, then it looks like this won't fix the random reboots.
Sorry, back to your regularly schedule program.

sfhub said:
Ok, then it looks like this won't fix the random reboots.
Sorry, back to your regularly schedule program.
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Thanks for trying
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joeshmoo said:
Thanks, I like to know what I'm flashing. Just flashed, will report back.
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Don't you mean you like to know who you are flashing?
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im on clean rom with elemental x 1.2 and i have never had a reboot or anything bad happen since. i did have issues on stock 4.3 with small tweaks but since clean rom i have had no issues whatsoever
Edit also was on slim bean flo and had same issues so it's something messed up in the rom i would assume and not the software version it self

KiaraTheDragon said:
im on clean rom with elemental x 1.2 and i have never had a reboot or anything bad happen since. i did have issues on stock 4.3 with small tweaks but since clean rom i have had no issues whatsoever
Edit also was on slim bean flo and had same issues so it's something messed up in the rom i would assume and not the software version it self
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can i flash clean rom without losing data or apps? im on modded stock rom + elementalX

I haven't had a reboot since the newest update.
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Int'l ROMs?

I found a *****en ROM named Nameless in the f/g variants of the Note 4. Was all psyched to flash it and play with it only to realize there's data issues. Is there any body who knows how to fix the data issue or maybe properly port this to our device?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3220738 there ya be sir
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kkeith said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3220738 there ya be sir
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I tried that and was unable to get it to get data. It really stumped me
Edit: Oh damn. I realized I flashed the wrong kernel and tried again. after flashing the data fix I got data for a second before the phone rebooted. I wiped everything but data when I flashed from my stock rom

Naturesretard said:
I tried that and was unable to get it to get data. It really stumped me
Edit: Oh damn. I realized I flashed the wrong kernel and tried again. after flashing the data fix I got data for a second before the phone rebooted. I wiped everything but data when I flashed from my stock rom
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I have managed to get the rom up and running.....for the most part. Only downside so far is I can't get Netflix to work. It just loads forever

Naturesretard said:
I have managed to get the rom up and running.....for the most part. Only downside so far is I can't get Netflix to work. It just loads forever
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Google will be your friend on that one, i cant remember off the top of my head but there is a file you need to delete
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kkeith said:
Google will be your friend on that one, i cant remember off the top of my head but there is a file you need to delete
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T_T I'm not sure of what to search for. For branded roms it's relatively easy, but as an INT'L ROM I'm not sure if my process would work. So it's just some obscure file? I was thinking it may be because I flashed something wrong. No chance you can remember where you think you may have seen it? Like xda or another site?

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T_T I'm not sure of what to search for. For branded roms it's relatively easy, but as an INT'L ROM I'm not sure if my process would work. So it's just some obscure file? I was thinking it may be because I flashed something wrong. No chance you can remember where you think you may have seen it? Like xda or another site?
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I went back to the beanstalk forum and just so happened across the fix just now haha
Go to system/vendor/lib and delete liboemcrypto.so and reboot
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kkeith said:
I went back to the beanstalk forum and just so happened across the fix just now haha
Go to system/vendor/lib and delete liboemcrypto.so and reboot
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OMG You're a lifesaver. It worked! Thanks!
Now to create some more threads or posts in the Nameless ROM section; Upon reflashing my backup to perform this fix, I now have random system information on my lockscreen and notification bar. Oh well.
Thanks again!

Naturesretard said:
OMG You're a lifesaver. It worked! Thanks!
Now to create some more threads or posts in the Nameless ROM section; Upon reflashing my backup to perform this fix, I now have random system information on my lockscreen and notification bar. Oh well.
Thanks again!
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I have been trying my hardest, asking on every forum i can find, to find out how to get the beta release of emotion kernel R24 for N910T. Not one single response.....but anyway. It is my understanding that the latest release of Emotion Revolution rom has r24 kernel as an option in aroma. My question is this; would it be possible to unzip the R23 kernel zip for N910T and replace only the R24 boot image from the emotion rom and leave all the other system files. Or would that be a really bad idea? Ha. I just want the kernel on Tekhds URv7. I know this is possible a really stupid question but I'm just now beginning to learn all the technical details of these things. And I will say ahead of time that any answer will be beneficial because I don't know much about how a N910T kernel differs from international as far as data is concerned or what the fix actually fixes when you flash it. But if it has any relwvance my phone is carrier unlocked and i dont even use tmobile. My goal is to learn something new everyday without hard bricking my baby like I did my N900A. I'm not by any means new to rooting but am very new to having a device that I can actually play with. Thanks in advance and us noobies appreciate everybodys patience.