[Q] CROMi 4.2.1 Install Issues - Transformer TF300T General

Got a question here on installing CROMi 4.2.1, love the ROM when I get it working, my problem is, whenever a new version is out and I try to install I run into all kinds of issues. I'll try to outline the exact problems I'm having here. It goes something like this, I will download new ROM, throw it onto SD card, then boot into recovery and attempt to install. Now if I try to install without clearing any caches/data etc. it will say it installs, but then it won't boot into the ROM at all, just sticks at ASUS screen. So I go through and clear everything, internal, system, dalvik cache etc. Then I try to install again, usually it will fail at least 5-6 times, sometimes it just won't do it at all, so I'll reboot, go into recovery again and try it, still no go. Then I'll use a different SD card, still won't work right, then I'll clear everything again and go for another try and after 3 or 4 or more failed times it will finally install and boot. So I'm curious if there's just something obvious and dumb that I'm missing here, or if it's just a normal issue with this and something that will always be there? It just doesn't make sense to me that it would fail so many times and just work for no apparent reason? Any pointers would be much appreciated!

I assume your using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2 as your installing CROMi for 4.2.1 and on the 4.2.1 bootloader (10.6.1.8)?
If so not sure this is the issue but I have had & read of other's having issues with some micro sd cards using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2
You could try in twrp doing a full wipe (cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, system, internal storage) then in twrp file manager copy the CROMi rom zip from your micro sd to your internal storage and install the rom from there and see if that works without issue.

pjc21 said:
I assume your using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2 as your installing CROMi for 4.2.1 and on the 4.2.1 bootloader (10.6.1.8)?
If so not sure this is the issue but I have had & read of other's having issues with some micro sd cards using twrp 2.4.4.0-4.2
You could try in twrp doing a full wipe (cache, dalvik cache, factory reset, system, internal storage) then in twrp file manager copy the CROMi rom zip from your micro sd to your internal storage and install the rom from there and see if that works without issue.
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Yep those are the versions I'm working with! Didn't realize there were sd card issues, thanks for the info. One last question, where should I copy the ROM to on the internal storage? Don't want to accidentally copy to a place that's gonna get wiped during install.

Sounds like you have something corrupted.
I'd do a full wipe of internal storage (making sure you have all your backups on external storage), flash the rom and see if that helps.
Also if your ext card is causing issues try booting without it in after the first flash.....

sbdags said:
Sounds like you have something corrupted.
I'd do a full wipe of internal storage (making sure you have all your backups on external storage), flash the rom and see if that helps.
Also if your ext card is causing issues try booting without it in after the first flash.....
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The famous sbdags himself responds! Just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you that your ROM is incredible, puts the Transformer on par with, or better than the iPad. Installed RC2 this morning and it is running great! Thanks for all the great work. When I was having those install issues I would do a full wipe of internal, system, and all caches, but installs would still fail extremely often. The strange thing is, that after a few wipes, and numerous times trying to install, it would finally work and boot and everything would work fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with how the SD card interacts with the recovery system but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. All that I know is that I downloaded on my tab this morning, and ran the install from the internal storage, and bam, flawless install the first time around. So I'm going to give some kudos to pjc21 because I think it was just an issue with the SD card interfacing with recovery.

asinglenoob said:
The famous sbdags himself responds! Just wanted to take the opportunity to tell you that your ROM is incredible, puts the Transformer on par with, or better than the iPad. Installed RC2 this morning and it is running great! Thanks for all the great work. When I was having those install issues I would do a full wipe of internal, system, and all caches, but installs would still fail extremely often. The strange thing is, that after a few wipes, and numerous times trying to install, it would finally work and boot and everything would work fine. I'm thinking it has something to do with how the SD card interacts with the recovery system but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. All that I know is that I downloaded on my tab this morning, and ran the install from the internal storage, and bam, flawless install the first time around. So I'm going to give some kudos to pjc21 because I think it was just an issue with the SD card interfacing with recovery.
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Glad to hear it worked as it should. :good::good::good:

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None of the new 2.1 roms has a working keyboard

I know this is not only happening to me.. But why is it that it is working for some ppl and others it dosnt?
I have tried serveral roms now and they all have the same problem.. No keyboard!
I have installed recovery image v. 1.5.2 .. After that i have copied the rom to the root of my sd.. i have then wiped: Data, Dalvik, SD:EXT, battery, rotation.. However at Dalvik and SD:EXT it gives me the error "Error: Run 'wipe dalvik' via adb!" and "Error: Run 'wipe ext' via adb!" .. Is it because of this and why is this happening?
I have then tried to continue however and flashed the newest radio from the thread and after that i rebooted and flashed the rom .. no errors here.. after rom flash i wiped everything again, but still got the errors at dalvik and sd:ext..
did you previously have davlik to SD. it certainly sounds like that may causing a problem.
do you have another SD card you could try...just to try it out? or format your card using the recovery menu, then copy the ROM.zip back over and apply.
I certainly have no problems with Keyboards.
I've never moved davlik to SD, only Apps.
Good Luck!
Try the rom on the Htcpedia forum, its the clean official update, but with a2sd and overclock which is optional, everything works fine for me
minty1978 said:
did you previously have davlik to SD. it certainly sounds like that may causing a problem.
do you have another SD card you could try...just to try it out? or format your card using the recovery menu, then copy the ROM.zip back over and apply.
I certainly have no problems with Keyboards.
I've never moved davlik to SD, only Apps.
Good Luck!
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What is davlik anyways?
In other words.. i do not even know what davlik is, so i guess i haven't done anything to it as i do not know what it does or is..
VillainROM 10 should have a working keyboard. It uses HTC IME_mod from xda-dev as the default keyboard
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VillainROM 10 should have a working keyboard. It uses HTC IME_mod from xda-dev as the default keyboard
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Well i have tried that one.. Actually the first one i tried.. But it dosnt work in that rom either.. Don't know i must be missing something since you guys dosn't have any problems
I was having this same issue this morning,.. No matter which ROM I flashed the keyboard just didn't want to come up,....
This may be caused by skipping the touch input demo on 1st boot, I never usually bother with it, however,... Just flashed another ROM again, went through the demo, all working fine again!!!
The sequence has to be correct ! I had the same issue with VillainROM 10.
Found out, that the keyboard apk was placed in /data. Means,
if you first flash the ROM and THEN wipe, your keyboard has gone.
Correct sequence:
1. Wipe
2. Flash
3. Reboot

CM9 w/ OpenGL flashing problems

I've been flashing eyballer's OpenGL nightlies (to emmc) for the past few weeks with no problems. However, 20120307 is the last one that successfully flashes for me.
EDIT: I just tried 20120308 and it does flash successfully. Will try 0309 to see if it works now...
EDIT2: Nope, flashing 0309 or 0310 after a successful 0308 flash and test still doesn't work. Everything below still applies. Feck!
0309 and 0310 (I skipped 0308) both produce the following results.
Download the ROM
Verify checksum
Replace services.jar with mateorod's updated services.jar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508481)
Copy the ROM over to my SD card using TerraCopy which runs a CRC check on the copied file afterward
Reboot into CWM
Wipe cache and davlik cache
Install ROM
Install bootanimation fix zip
Install latest GApps from goo-inside (0304 checksum verified)
Install telephony fix
Reboot
Boot animation starts and runs for maybe 2 minutes
Everything is good to this point, just like it has been for weeks.
Once the animation stops I get the Android is upgrading... message BUT rather than it showing progress of each app updates (x of xxx) it simply says OK and has the spinning wheel. After about 30 seconds OK changes to Wait.
A few seconds later message pops up that says
Text actions
Low on space
Clear default in Home Settings > Applications > Manage applications <-- this is a button I can click which simply closes the message.
I click the message so that it closes and I have a the CM9 lock screen or to the home screen once I've unlocked. Either way I can't determine what it is that it's asking me to clear really...
That same low space message keeps popping up. The menubar and soft buttons do not load, but the App drawer button and search bar are preset at the top. I can open the App drawer and launch various apps that way. All while having the low space message pop up every 10 or 15 seconds OR immediately if I run an app that attempts to look at storage.
EDIT3: It appears that the SD card isn't mounting whenever I'm attempting to run 0309 or 0310. Yet it DOES mount with any nightlie earlier than 0308 as well as stock 1.4.1. It mounts in recovery too. What changed in 0309 going forward??
So here are the things I've tried.
Restored nandroid backup of 20120307. Works just like it always has.
Completely wiped and installed 20120307 fresh, along with 0304 Gapps, bootanimation fix, telephony fix, etc. Worked like a charm.
Repartitioned emmc; trying 5Gb data and 1GB data both to see if that might have an impact on 0309 installing properly. Nope!
I've tried repairing permissions after a 0309 install
I've verified that yes, there IS enough space on internal storage (~450MB of 5GB used)
I've installed 0309 and 0310 without replacing the new services.jar file
I've installed 0309 and 0310 only - no other zips such as GApps, bootanimation fix, etc.
I've booted without my SD card inserted to eliminate it as a potential cause
Completely wiped the Nook and reloaded stock 1.4.1, re-rooted it, flashed CWM and attempted 0309 and 0310. No effin' luck!
I simply can not get any of the new OpenGL builds to flash properly, yet others here are able to and no one else has reported the problem I've been having. The best I can do is to restore 0307 from nandroid backup or to install 0307 fresh.
Anyone have any idea what's going on and/or what I can try next?
slickie88 said:
I've been flashing eyballer's OpenGL nightlies (to emmc) for the past few weeks with no problems. However, 20120307 is the last one that successfully flashes for me.
EDIT: I just tried 20120308 and it does flash successfully. Will try 0309 to see if it works now...
EDIT2: Nope, flashing 0309 or 0310 after a successful 0308 flash and test still doesn't work. Everything below still applies. Feck!
0309 and 0310 (I skipped 0308) both produce the following results.
Download the ROM
Verify checksum
Replace services.jar with mateorod's updated services.jar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508481)
Copy the ROM over to my SD card using TerraCopy which runs a CRC check on the copied file afterward
Reboot into CWM
Wipe cache and davlik cache
Install ROM
Install bootanimation fix zip
Install latest GApps from goo-inside (0304 checksum verified)
Install telephony fix
Reboot
Boot animation starts and runs for maybe 2 minutes
Everything is good to this point, just like it has been for weeks.
Once the animation stops I get the Android is upgrading... message BUT rather than it showing progress of each app updates (x of xxx) it simply says OK and has the spinning wheel. After about 30 seconds OK changes to Wait.
A few seconds later message pops up that says
Text actions
Low on space
Clear default in Home Settings > Applications > Manage applications <-- this is a button I can click which simply closes the message.
I click the message so that it closes and I have a the CM9 lock screen or to the home screen once I've unlocked. Either way I can't determine what it is that it's asking me to clear really...
That same low space message keeps popping up. The menubar and soft buttons do not load, but the App drawer button and search bar are preset at the top. I can open the App drawer and launch various apps that way. All while having the low space message pop up every 10 or 15 seconds OR immediately if I run an app that attempts to look at storage.
EDIT3: It appears that the SD card isn't mounting whenever I'm attempting to run 0309 or 0310. Yet it DOES mount with any nightlie earlier than 0308 as well as stock 1.4.1. It mounts in recovery too. What changed in 0309 going forward??
So here are the things I've tried.
Restored nandroid backup of 20120307. Works just like it always has.
Completely wiped and installed 20120307 fresh, along with 0304 Gapps, bootanimation fix, telephony fix, etc. Worked like a charm.
Repartitioned emmc; trying 5Gb data and 1GB data both to see if that might have an impact on 0309 installing properly. Nope!
I've tried repairing permissions after a 0309 install
I've verified that yes, there IS enough space on internal storage (~450MB of 5GB used)
I've installed 0309 and 0310 without replacing the new services.jar file
I've installed 0309 and 0310 only - no other zips such as GApps, bootanimation fix, etc.
I've booted without my SD card inserted to eliminate it as a potential cause
Completely wiped the Nook and reloaded stock 1.4.1, re-rooted it, flashed CWM and attempted 0309 and 0310. No effin' luck!
I simply can not get any of the new OpenGL builds to flash properly, yet others here are able to and no one else has reported the problem I've been having. The best I can do is to restore 0307 from nandroid backup or to install 0307 fresh.
Anyone have any idea what's going on and/or what I can try next?
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It sounds to me like it is asking you to clear the defaults on a specific app, hence telling you to go to applications. I would suspect SystemUI since it is the one crashing. That's why you have no soft buttons. If you can do it look at that app in the settings and see if there is data or defaults that can be cleared.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
Thanks for the suggestion. As it stands right now when I go into Apps and attempt to view All, it reboots (to the boot animation, not the boot loader); sometimes before displaying any apps, sometimes after it's loaded the list. In either case any time I attempt to click on anything once I'm viewing Apps, I get a reboot.
slickie88 said:
Thanks for the suggestion. As it stands right now when I go into Apps and attempt to view All, it reboots (to the boot animation, not the boot loader); sometimes before displaying any apps, sometimes after it's loaded the list. In either case any time I attempt to click on anything once I'm viewing Apps, I get a reboot.
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I can't tell from your first post. Did you try installing fresh after wiping data? It sounds like something got borked there. I know you lose all settings, but it may be your only solution.
leapinlar said:
I can't tell from your first post. Did you try installing fresh after wiping data? It sounds like something got borked there. I know you lose all settings, but it may be your only solution.
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Yes, I've wiped data more times than I can count in the past 2.5 days.
I even went to the extreme of repartitioning my emmc storage - went from 1GB data to 5GB data. Obviously you have to format after repartitioning. I've also restored stock and then re-rooted and flashed everything fresh. This NC has been completely flattened and rebuilt.
slickie88 said:
Yes, I've wiped data more times than I can count in the past 2.5 days.
I even went to the extreme of repartitioning my emmc storage - went from 1GB data to 5GB data. Obviously you have to format after repartitioning. I've also restored stock and then re-rooted and flashed everything fresh. This NC has been completely flattened and rebuilt.
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But did you restore before reflashing. You left it wiped?
leapinlar said:
But did you restore before reflashing. You left it wiped?
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Restore a nandoid backup prior to flashing 0309 or 0310? If that's what you're asking, then yes. I've done that multiple times. I can restore my 0307 backup and it runs perfectly. I can wipe data/cache and attempt a fresh install of 0309 or 0310 and it isn't mounting my SD card. My SD card mounts fine with previous CM9 builds, current Mirage 7.2 builds and stock, not-rooted.
I guess the next step is to reformat the SD card.
slickie88 said:
Restore a nandoid backup prior to flashing 0309 or 0310? If that's what you're asking, then yes. I've done that multiple times. I can restore my 0307 backup and it runs perfectly. I can wipe data/cache and attempt a fresh install of 0309 or 0310 and it isn't mounting my SD card. My SD card mounts fine with previous CM9 builds, current Mirage 7.2 builds and stock, not-rooted.
I guess the next step is to reformat the SD card.
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No, I meant flashing 3/10 right after wiping /data, but my guess is that you tried that. Is mounting the SD the only issue after installing fresh? No systemui crashing?
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk
Yes, I've attempted to flash 0309 fresh after a complete wipe without first restoring a backup and also immediately after coming from 100% stock.
The SD card, which appears to function as it ought to with every other build or ROM, is the only thing I haven't yet worked with. It just doesn't make sense that new builds can't mount it unless something changed in those builds. Then again, no one else is seeing this.
EDIT: Beyond the No space pop-up message that keeps spamming me in 0309 and 0310, there's no messages about crashing at all.
/scratching head
slickie88 said:
Yes, I've attempted to flash 0309 fresh after a complete wipe without first restoring a backup and also immediately after coming from 100% stock.
The SD card, which appears to function as it ought to with every other build or ROM, is the only thing I haven't yet worked with. It just doesn't make sense that new builds can't mount it unless something changed in those builds. Then again, no one else is seeing this.
/scratching head
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Try 3/10 fresh (w/o the modded services.jar, it is broken on 3/10). It has been significantly updated. Many things changed.
Sorry. I meant to state that I've done both fresh. Yesterday I simply thought that the problem was with the 0309 build. I spent hours working different flashing scenarios. Installed over 0307/fresh/repartioned/restored-to-stock/with services.jar and without it/with GApps and without. I finally gave up and hoped that 0310 would fix whatever was apparently broken with 0309.
I've tried all of the same today with 0310. Just got through creating a backup image of my SD card and am about to flatten it and see if that helps.
/crosses fingers...
leapinlar said:
Try 3/10 fresh (w/o the modded services.jar, it is broken on 3/10). It has been significantly updated. Many things changed.
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Yeah, I read about the services/jar issue and stopped using that both with the 0309 build yesterday and with the 0310 build today.
Well screw me. Wiping data/cache and installing 0310 without anything else - no GApps, not bootanimationfix, nothing - along with a freshly formatted SD card and it still will not flash properly.
I'm so done with nightlies for a while. Back to Mirage.
Thanks for the help, leapinlar.
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- along with a freshly formatted SD card and it still will not flash properly.
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I'm not sure what you mean "flash properly". You mean it will not install the nightly to emmc?
Meaning that the ROM doesn't run properly as stated in my OP. It does flash successfully... Sorry for the confusion.
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I JUST installed the 0310 KANG nightly with OpenGL, and it booted up fine, albeit I had to flash it totally unmodded and with EVERYTHING except /boot wiped. Getting my apps set back up now, its running fine so far.

what is the secret of stability

What is the secret of stability folks? i was a veteran at making mistakes when flashing roms...(i failed day 1 of owning my DSstreak5...sat seemingly dead for a week before i got things going)
Anyway my post is looking for some post detailing what works. And that means those veterans that appear to be able to go further than 48hrs without a hitch. Is it about how much gets wiped i constantly wipe dv and perform both resets. and still boot to problems.
I have mastered Baseband changes and such one of my crucial first issues (currently 366bb via dsc flashme3).
but as of late I am having problems getting reliable operation out of the box on a few roms..dsc and longhorn.
Dsc has been fairly usable...My bread and butter or must have apps are lastfm and somafm.. i must have these functional but ity appears these may be causing issues...they freeze and fc off and on.
Longhorn seems to want to throw process errors right from the start...with 2.9.1 it constantly froze at boot...(is it truely 366 compatible)
anyway thats my rant for now please post your views and tips...while i attempt to try lxdroid...wish me luck!!!
ps does loading/transferring files in ubuntu linux vs windows make any difference in the stability of files or the sd?
ellisna said:
What is the secret of stability folks? i was a veteran at making mistakes when flashing roms...(i failed day 1 of owning my DSstreak5...sat seemingly dead for a week before i got things going)
Anyway my post is looking for some post detailing what works. And that means those veterans that appear to be able to go further than 48hrs without a hitch. Is it about how much gets wiped i constantly wipe dv and perform both resets. and still boot to problems.
I have mastered Baseband changes and such one of my crucial first issues (currently 366bb via dsc flashme3).
but as of late I am having problems getting reliable operation out of the box on a few roms..dsc and longhorn.
Dsc has been fairly usable...My bread and butter or must have apps are lastfm and somafm.. i must have these functional but ity appears these may be causing issues...they freeze and fc off and on.
Longhorn seems to want to throw process errors right from the start...with 2.9.1 it constantly froze at boot...(is it truely 366 compatible)
anyway thats my rant for now please post your views and tips...while i attempt to try lxdroid...wish me luck!!!
ps does loading/transferring files in ubuntu linux vs windows make any difference in the stability of files or the sd?
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You may wanna try an app called SD maid... it looks for unused directories and files and THOROUGHLY will clean up your system
Are you doing factory resets from both StreakMod and Dell recoveries?
When you flash ROM you should flash ROM and do a factory reset... then boot back into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, flash ROM again, then fix permissions from recovery before booting
Also... every once in a while I like to completely wipe my SD card with diskpart using the clean all command and then let the Streak format it. Once booted and SD formatted, I mount in recovery and copy files back to the SD using the robocopy commands from Windows
I can honestly say that apart from the occasional wifi freeze or hangup I have zero problems with apps on my Streak
Mind you I don't install apps just for the sake of having it or because it was cheap on sale... I run what I need to get done what I need.... I don't use task killers but I do use Autorun Manager to prevent apps from starting and Autokiller Memory Optimizer to help out with memory
Nor do I ever have apps installed to my SD cars
Hope some of that helps
Sent from my CM9 TouchPad using TapaTalk 2
cdzo72 said:
You may wanna try an app called SD maid... it looks for unused directories and files and THOROUGHLY will clean up your system
Are you doing factory resets from both StreakMod and Dell recoveries?
When you flash ROM you should flash ROM and do a factory reset... then boot back into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, flash ROM again, then fix permissions from recovery before booting
Also... every once in a while I like to completely wipe my SD card with diskpart using the clean all command and then let the Streak format it. Once booted and SD formatted, I mount in recovery and copy files back to the SD using the robocopy commands from Windows
I can honestly say that apart from the occasional wifi freeze or hangup I have zero problems with apps on my Streak
Mind you I don't install apps just for the sake of having it or because it was cheap on sale... I run what I need to get done what I need.... I don't use task killers but I do use Autorun Manager to prevent apps from starting and Autokiller Memory Optimizer to help out with memory
Nor do I ever have apps installed to my SD cars
Hope some of that helps
Sent from my CM9 TouchPad using TapaTalk 2
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I am going to start easing up on the moving to sd ...things do become a little iffy when i move programs over
Wiping the sd card deserves a fresh look...I do recall once long ago wiping or swaping the sd and getting better results initially.
Maybe some mild corruption is occuring during some file transfers?
I wonder if anyone has noticed more or less issues transfering via the usp vs pulling the sd completely and using a sd adapter/slot?
cdzo72 said:
You may wanna try an app called SD maid... it looks for unused directories and files and THOROUGHLY will clean up your system
Are you doing factory resets from both StreakMod and Dell recoveries?
When you flash ROM you should flash ROM and do a factory reset... then boot back into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, flash ROM again, then fix permissions from recovery before booting
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The streakmod data/factory reset followed by the dell reset is a true staple in my flashing diet...
i have on occassion tried the double flash as well...but just to clarify you are recommending :
1...access Recovery .....streakmod(my recovery of habit) or clockworkmod(not sure of use on the streak5 havent used since gingerstreak)
2...flash ROM "X"
3...do a factory reset........ "dell" or "streakmod" or "both" (i have done a reboot rather than any resets between the second flash)
4...access Recovery
5...wipe cache
6...wipe dalvik cache
7...flash ROM "X" again
8...fix permissions
9...reboot
I will try to add the double flash more as a matter of design than troubleshoot option in future

[Help Needed] Apps won't restore or install after flashing rom [SOLVED!]

Well, my first venture into rom flashing hasn't been the most successful one as it's caused a really strange issue that a couple people on another thread have tried to help me solve, but I figure I had hijacked that thread long enough so this issue deserved it's own thread.
I rooted, unlocked bootloader, and installed TWRP v2.4.0.0 on Stock Android 4.1.1. Everything worked great. Until I flashed a rom. Now, I have been through wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, Flashing the rom (I've tried 4 with the same exact issue), flashing Gapps... All seems to go well and it says "success" when I flash, and I reboot into system. Run the setup of Google. Everything seems great and working fine. Here's where the problem is. When Google Play Store starts downloading for restore, and I'm on a solid wifi connection, nothing downloads. I have also tried stopping the downloads and installing apps individually. When I do that, I receive the same error message over and over for any app:
Unknown error code during application install: "-24"
I've rebooted, wiped cache, dalvik cache. Nothing installs. Same error. I did somehow, some way, get Titanium backup to install after numerous tries... when I try to restore any of that backup it just hangs on the first app. It does not restore anything. No batch apps. No single apps. No app data.
The odd thing is, the first time I flashed a rom, it seemed to load up fine. Stupidly, when I was running Titanium Backup for a restore I was not paying attention to what I was restoring. I was restoring all apps and app data... It caused an issue and a bunch of force closes, as you can probably imagine. So I rebooted into recovery and wiped and reinstalled rom and gapps. And virtually nothing has installed since. I have wiped and reinstalled AOKP, PACman, Carbon, and CM to no avail. Nothing seems to solve my issue. I'd love to at the very least be able to regularly install apps from the Play Store. At this point I'm not even concerned with restoring app data if that's too much to ask. I just want to be able to use my phone normally again as this is my "daily driver". If I have to go back to 4.1.1, that would be fine with me. I just want to get back to normal. And I'll do whatever it takes to get there. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Here is the original thread that some people have been giving me great advice on as to what to do, but none of it has fixed the issue yet unfortunately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341470
Jersey846 said:
Well, my first venture into rom flashing hasn't been the most successful one as it's caused a really strange issue that a couple people on another thread have tried to help me solve, but I figure I had hijacked that thread long enough so this issue deserved it's own thread.
I rooted, unlocked bootloader, and installed TWRP v2.4.0.0 on Stock Android 4.1.1. Everything worked great. Until I flashed a rom. Now, I have been through wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, Flashing the rom (I've tried 4 with the same exact issue), flashing Gapps... All seems to go well and it says "success" when I flash, and I reboot into system. Run the setup of Google. Everything seems great and working fine. Here's where the problem is. When Google Play Store starts downloading for restore, and I'm on a solid wifi connection, nothing downloads. I have also tried stopping the downloads and installing apps individually. When I do that, I receive the same error message over and over for any app:
Unknown error code during application install: "-24"
I've rebooted, wiped cache, dalvik cache. Nothing installs. Same error. I did somehow, some way, get Titanium backup to install after numerous tries... when I try to restore any of that backup it just hangs on the first app. It does not restore anything. No batch apps. No single apps. No app data.
The odd thing is, the first time I flashed a rom, it seemed to load up fine. Stupidly, when I was running Titanium Backup for a restore I was not paying attention to what I was restoring. I was restoring all apps and app data... It caused an issue and a bunch of force closes, as you can probably imagine. So I rebooted into recovery and wiped and reinstalled rom and gapps. And virtually nothing has installed since. I have wiped and reinstalled AOKP, PACman, Carbon, and CM to no avail. Nothing seems to solve my issue. I'd love to at the very least be able to regularly install apps from the Play Store. At this point I'm not even concerned with restoring app data if that's too much to ask. I just want to be able to use my phone normally again as this is my "daily driver". If I have to go back to 4.1.1, that would be fine with me. I just want to get back to normal. And I'll do whatever it takes to get there. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Here is the original thread that some people have been giving me great advice on as to what to do, but none of it has fixed the issue yet unfortunately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341470
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2 suggestions:
1) i think others have reported having issues with TWRP 2.4, so try 2.5 or 2.3.2.3
2) I think the error could be a lack of internal storage, so certainly try the "wipe internal storage" in TWRP (after making sure that your ROM/GApp files, backups (including Tibu) are saved to your external folder
jco23 said:
2 suggestions:
1) i think others have reported having issues with TWRP 2.4, so try 2.5 or 2.3.2.3
2) I think the error could be a lack of internal storage, so certainly try the "wipe internal storage" in TWRP (after making sure that your ROM/GApp files, backups (including Tibu) are saved to your external folder
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Ok giving this a shot. I did notice that you had mentioned a different version of TWRP than I had. I will try the wiping internal storage before I install a different TWRP then if that doesn't work, TWRP. Gotta find the external folder. Unless you just mean anything that is on the actual SD card.
Jersey846 said:
Ok giving this a shot. I did notice that you had mentioned a different version of TWRP than I had. I will try the wiping internal storage before I install a different TWRP then if that doesn't work, TWRP. Gotta find the external folder. Unless you just mean anything that is on the actual SD card.
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i would actually recommend installing TWRP 2.5 first.
never wipe external SD card.
if you have an app called Root Explorer, that works best.
jco23 said:
i would actually recommend installing TWRP 2.5 first.
never wipe external SD card.
if you have an app called Root Explorer, that works best.
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Ok I'll try 2.5 then. And I wasn't gonna wipe the card, just was wondering if when you said external folder you were talking about the SD card. Root explorer works great.. if i could install it.
EDIT: Since I am away from my computer, I tried the multiple wipe method. Didn't change anything. So I will be changing TWRP versions later and will post an update.
Jersey846 said:
Ok I'll try 2.5 then. And I wasn't gonna wipe the card, just was wondering if when you said external folder you were talking about the SD card. Root explorer works great.. if i could install it.
EDIT: Since I am away from my computer, I tried the multiple wipe method. Didn't change anything. So I will be changing TWRP versions later and will post an update.
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You never mentioned using TWRP 2.4. DEFINITELY replace that. Also, just a thought. If you haven't already done so, try using the option to fix permissions. I'm fairly sure its an option in TWRP.
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Back in business! Wow thank you all so much! What a pain it's been but without the help I'd have never guessed how to get this running as perfectly as it is now. Here's what worked for me:
Installed TWRP 2.5 (Instead of what I had, 2.4)
Then followed jco23's precise directions:
jco23 said:
- I use TWRP 2.3.2.3 (SS has been uninstalled via it's own app, not Tibu or the system awhile ago) - but TWRP 2.5 works just fine for others
- after downloading the ROM and GApps (or any file that I intended to flash for that matter), I always place the file on the mnt/external1 directory. I
m not sure if this will make a difference, but I recall it being an issue back on my Droid Charge days
- after flashing the files, does TWRP say successful?
- perhaps you do need to a double wipe of everything prior to flashing:
1) mount everything
2) wipe cache
3) wipe dalvik cache
4) wipe system
5) factory reset/wipe data
6) wipe internal storage (if you do this, make sure to change your TiBu backup folder to your external1 directory, or this will be gone too!!!!! also make sure that the system backup you made is on the external1 directory as well
7) reboot recovery
8) install ROM
9) install GApps
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And it's working flawlessly. Able to download or restore anything from Gapps. Was able to restore some specific app data from Titanium Backup (did not want to ruin the phone again and do that full restore so I selected specific apps that I really wanted the data on).
Thanks to everyone who took the time to assist me and a special thanks to jco23 and netizenmt who were with me through this whole debacle, leading me through every possible fix they could think of. As for those of you that may be wondering which ROM I settled on... AOKP.
Good for you bro! That stinking TWRP 2.4.0 is such a menace! Wish there was a way to have it yanked from circulation. Glad you're up and running!
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Jersey846 said:
Back in business! Wow thank you all so much! What a pain it's been but without the help I'd have never guessed how to get this running as perfectly as it is now. Here's what worked for me:
Installed TWRP 2.5 (Instead of what I had, 2.4)
Then followed jco23's precise directions:
And it's working flawlessly. Able to download or restore anything from Gapps. Was able to restore some specific app data from Titanium Backup (did not want to ruin the phone again and do that full restore so I selected specific apps that I really wanted the data on).
Thanks to everyone who took the time to assist me and a special thanks to jco23 and netizenmt who were with me through this whole debacle, leading me through every possible fix they could think of. As for those of you that may be wondering which ROM I settled on... AOKP.
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glad you finally got it working - this is just the first step in becoming a crack-flasher....
jco23 said:
glad you finally got it working - this is just the first step in becoming a crack-flasher....
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Yeah, I've got it bad. I have had CM 10.1, Slimbean, Carbon AND AOKP on my phone all in the last 2 days. Carbon is on it right now. No telling what will be on it by tonight.
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netizenmt said:
Yeah, I've got it bad. I have had CM 10.1, Slimbean, Carbon AND AOKP on my phone all in the last 2 days. Carbon is on it right now. No telling what will be on it by tonight.
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funny, and the goal is to find a ROM that you're happy with and don't need to flash.
but I've been on Carbon since 7/5, and very happy.

[Q] Restoring S5 back to original rom

Before I played around with the CM 12 nightly I took 2 backups of the stock rom, one from online nandroid and one from clockwork. I tried to restore on of them from clockwork today and the restore goes fine but when the stock room boots everything crashes.. i.e every app. Any ideas?
Note that my backups are on my external sd card.
zunicf said:
Before I played around with the CM 12 nightly I took 2 backups of the stock rom, one from online nandroid and one from clockwork. I tried to restore on of them from clockwork today and the restore goes fine but when the stock room boots everything crashes.. i.e every app. Any ideas?
Note that my backups are on my external sd card.
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wipe your data and dalvik cache it should work
zunicf said:
Before I played around with the CM 12 nightly I took 2 backups of the stock rom, one from online nandroid and one from clockwork. I tried to restore on of them from clockwork today and the restore goes fine but when the stock room boots everything crashes.. i.e every app. Any ideas?
Note that my backups are on my external sd card.
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I had the same issue, although I am using twrp, move the backup to the internal sd card then restore from there, it should work fine then, always flash and restore off the internal sd card. You can store on the SD but move them to internal when u want to use them. Learned this after some frustrating moments dealing with the same issue. For whatever reason flashing off the external card is wonky for me.
I have encountered the same issues, I use TWRP recovery. I've found that if you do a repair from the wipe menu on data, system, etc - that it will solve restoration issues. Especially if you run into the internal storage invisibility bug or images misbehaving.
m2geek said:
I have encountered the same issues, I use TWRP recovery. I've found that if you do a repair from the wipe menu on data, system, etc - that it will solve restoration issues. Especially if you run into the internal storage invisibility bug or images misbehaving.
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I may look into that, does it wipe everything except the recovery though?
fantasy2c said:
I may look into that, does it wipe everything except the recovery though?
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I don't think doing the "Repair" wipes anything, but back up just to be sure
Its in the advanced wipe menu, click on 1 partition at a time, e.g. Data then click repair.
m2geek said:
I don't think doing the "Repair" wipes anything, but back up just to be sure
Its in the advanced wipe menu, click on 1 partition at a time, e.g. Data then click repair.
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Thanks for the tip, I don't have issues with my internal just my external but if I do I'll give that a shot
Also, you can flash a CM11 ROM, allow it to boot, skip set up, then go back into recovery and restore your nandroid. This always works for me. I don't know why, but I can't go from CM12 to stock TW without a full system crash. But if I leapfrog to CM11, then to the nandroid, everything is okay. Who knows. This is with TWRP, using the external SD.
i have the same problem and the only way is flashing your rom stock via odin and then you can install your nandroid again without problem doing the respetive wipes.
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zunicf said:
Before I played around with the CM 12 nightly I took 2 backups of the stock rom, one from online nandroid and one from clockwork. I tried to restore on of them from clockwork today and the restore goes fine but when the stock room boots everything crashes.. i.e every app. Any ideas?
Note that my backups are on my external sd card.
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