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Strange happenings going on with my Nexus S.
It has been rooted for a while and have been running Genexus S 2.0 ROM which was fine to start with but I have recently been getting lag issues with the screen, issues with character selection on the keyboard etc.
However, I have had a few crashes when the phone has been charging and the phone is being not just hot, I'm talking boiling to the touch!
I have rebooted into recovery but....recovery img and boot img have disappeared. They have been present in recent weeks but for some reason they have disappeared.
I have reinstalled clockworkrecovery via ROM Manager a couple of times but there is still no change. TBH I'm sick of the issues I've had with the phone since rooted and it's not for me so plan on going back to stock whenever I can, however, I need recovery!
Can anyone point me in the right direction to sort this out and if possible not by plugging my phone into a PC. I am away with work and don't have my own computer for a while.
Thanks

you can always flash the boot recovery back into the phone, just follow any of the how to root guides

meso100 said:
Strange happenings going on with my Nexus S.
It has been rooted for a while and have been running Genexus S 2.0 ROM which was fine to start with but I have recently been getting lag issues with the screen, issues with character selection on the keyboard etc.
However, I have had a few crashes when the phone has been charging and the phone is being not just hot, I'm talking boiling to the touch!
I have rebooted into recovery but....recovery img and boot img have disappeared. They have been present in recent weeks but for some reason they have disappeared.
I have reinstalled clockworkrecovery via ROM Manager a couple of times but there is still no change. TBH I'm sick of the issues I've had with the phone since rooted and it's not for me so plan on going back to stock whenever I can, however, I need recovery!
Can anyone point me in the right direction to sort this out and if possible not by plugging my phone into a PC. I am away with work and don't have my own computer for a while.
Thanks
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its because you installed your recovery via rom manager. you want to reflash your clockwork recovery through fastboot so that it will stay permanently. look in the development section for instructions.
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AllGamer said:
you can always flash the boot recovery back into the phone, just follow any of the how to root guides
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i got to say that youre the only xda mod, that i know of, that also helps out people with issues and not just xda/site stuff. thank you!

Thanks for your help guys.
I flashed the cwm recovery via fastboot and loaded up cm7 but each new ROM I used (that had been there previously) didn't boot into a fresh version, it had elements of the previous versions I had run such as MIUI (the clock), the Genexus S 2.0 drag and drop lock and wallpaper and some elements from The Infinity ROM. Very strange.
Prior to the latest mix up the phone had become very unstable, especially the touch screen and I am not exaggerating when I say the phone just wasn't usable. I even considered getting a BlackBerry Torch 9810!!! I mean wtf?!
Anyway, I have reflashed a stock nandroid backup via CMW and relocked the bootloader. I had a few permission errors but when I rebooted that seemed to go away. I'm now quite happy I'm back to standard because of the reliability issues I experienced.
When I reboot to recovery it comes up with a White box with an arrow coming out with the android at the side of it. Is this normal or should there be a standard recovery img? However, I have noticed if I press the volume up and power again it goes to a purple recovery screen with wipe cache partition, factory reset etc.
Also, all my ROMS and Titanium Backup files are still viewable from recovery, is that usual? Would I be ok to mount as USB and delete those individual files?
Thanks

When you switch roms you MUST wipe data factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvic cache. Then flash the new rom.
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[Q] Nexus 7 stuck on google screen boot

Yes i know. I ****ed up. But somehow i was tinkering and managed to delete the entire internal storage. I can still get into fast boot and.twrp. Can someone please help me?
What was i trying to fix? Check my other thread about the headphone jack.
Edit:Also. Twrp says i dont have an os above every swipe screen...

AW: [Q] Nexus 7 stuck on google screen boot
Have you tried reflashing stock?
Sent from my Nexus 7 running Android 4.2.1

If you have an OTG cable and a USB key you should be able to make ROMs or other backups which you preserved OFF THE TABLET available to TWRP.
If not, take the above poster's advice and install pure stock to copy stuff (ROMs, recovery images, etc) back on to the tab via MTP.
I too blew away all of /data once with that "format data" button in the touch version of TWRP; I feel your pain.

Um.....I may have made a mistake and swiped on all the clear screens...including internal memory...so...T_T Am i screwed???

JoshuaXedos said:
Um.....I may have made a mistake and swiped on all the clear screens...including internal memory...so...T_T Am i screwed???
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You're not really screwed, you should be able to flash another ROM from recovery.

As long as you can get into fastboot, you'll be fine. The easiest way is to download and install Nexus Root Toolkit, then use the "back to stock" part to flash the factory image following the instruction.

I have got something even worse
My nexus 7 tab started freezing during use and then after booting in safe mode and wiping cache in recovery mode it now doesn't even go past the google screen. I haven't even flashed anything to it at all and it's showing these crazy symptoms (The bootloader is still locked and the device is not even rooted). I still have access to the adb sideload mode and fastboot but I am confused af as to what has happened
Any ideas guys?

[Q] Installed ParanoidAndroid: Device loops after "Google" screen

Heyho,
having some problems with installing the Paranoid Android rom. So im on veryion 4.2.2 and the bootloader is unlocked. I also installed the recovery ClockworkMod (clockworkmod.com).
Next I've done a "wipe data/factory reset".
Then I installed PA (pa_mako-3.00-15FEB2013-223348.zip(goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako))
and gapps: goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps
Finally I wiped the cache and dalvik and restarted the device. There were also no errors during installation, everything was fine.
Now the problem is that the device loops during boot after the "Google" screen. I also took a log: dl.dropbox.com/u/97517326/log.txt
As far as I can see the device loops and tries something again and again. Help, how to install PA would be awesome. If it does not work, I can still live with the default
EDIT: Found a page which describes the same steps which I have been gone: androidegis.com/how-to/install-paranoidandroid-rom-for-nexus-4-features-hybrid-modes
p000ison

p000ison said:
Heyho,
having some problems with installing the Paranoid Android rom. So im on veryion 4.2.2 and the bootloader is unlocked. I also installed the recovery ClockworkMod (clockworkmod.com).
Next I've done a "wipe data/factory reset".
Then I installed PA (pa_mako-3.00-15FEB2013-223348.zip(goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako))
and gapps: goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps
Finally I wiped the cache and dalvik and restarted the device. There were also no errors during installation, everything was fine.
Now the problem is that the device loops during boot after the "Google" screen. I also took a log: dl.dropbox.com/u/97517326/log.txt
As far as I can see the device loops and tries something again and again. Help, how to install PA would be awesome. If it does not work, I can still live with the default
EDIT: Found a page which describes the same steps which I have been gone: androidegis.com/how-to/install-paranoidandroid-rom-for-nexus-4-features-hybrid-modes
p000ison
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Make sure you flash the pa gapps in the op. The 0209 gapps
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eainyow said:
Make sure you flash the pa gapps in the op. The 0209 gapps
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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Had the same idea, because I found the gapps version somewhere else, so I tried it again with the 209 version but still no success. But I have an other idea because I found this exception: pastebin.com/wnC0rFv7 It says that it could not find the provider settings. Maybe this is because I do not have a sim card atm, because it did not arrive until now. Could this be the solution?

p000ison said:
Had the same idea, because I found the gapps version somewhere else, so I tried it again with the 209 version but still no success. But I have an other idea because I found this exception: pastebin.com/wnC0rFv7 It says that it could not find the provider settings. Maybe this is because I do not have a sim card atm, because it did not arrive until now. Could this be the solution?
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I am having the same problem, but I have a sim card. It just loops on the paranoid android 3+ page forever.

installing should be straight forward. factory reset, rom pa-gapps (not goo's), wipe cache + dalvik, done. first boot takes a while,
i havent tried booting it without simcard, but i dont think that could make a difference. can you make dead sure you get the right files?
1. rom: http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/mako/pa_mako-3.00-15FEB2013-223348.zip
2. gapps: http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/gapps/pa_gapps-full-4.2-20130209.zip

[Q] Wiping didn't work, messed up restore - now can't boot into TWRP

First time flashing CM, and I may have messed up.
I rooted, installed TWRP, everything went perfect. I made a backup, and then tried to do a factory wipe. The wipe ended with the messages "unable to mount /system", "... /cache" and another one. I still tried to flash, and it just immediately got stuck, nothing happened. I rebooted, and everything worked fine. It was the Samsung stock image and all my apps were still there. I'm assuming it just didn't wipe at all.
I then went full retard mode, and tried to do a restore. I wanted to be sure my phone wouldn't fail on me in the recent future because some random stuff may have been partially wiped or something. Feel free to tell me I have the IQ of a chimp.
This completely messed things up, as it just got stuck at "Restoring System...". Eventually I restarted it with the power button. Now it can't boot normally, it can't boot into recovery mode, which just leaves download mode.
Any way I can fix this and subsequently install CM properly? I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.0. I've been told it's recommended to use 2.5, as the other version may have some issues (including not being able to recognize partitions). Only download mode still seems to work, so maybe there's a way to flash my phone back into the living world?
Versions:
Team Win Recovery Project 2.6.3.0
CyanogenMod 10.1.3 (RC2 jfltexx)
Thanks!

No idea really but maybe try to flash default rom/recovery etc with odin?

I've had this problem. Seeing as you only have download mode you have to flash a stock Rom and start again. Recoveries for our phone are still I development. Use official CMW to install CM, using links in Op.
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HANDSY said:
I've had this problem. Seeing as you only have download mode you have to flash a stock Rom and start again. Recoveries for our phone are still I development. Use official CMW to install CM, using links in Op.
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I got the Samsung stock ROM of july, flashed it using download mode, and everything was back! I then rooted it again, and installed CMW (see versions below). I went into recovery, and tried to do a backup. It told me it failed: "Error while making a backup image of /data!". I then wondered if it may have been due to a lack of storage (which could very well be, as that was the issue before and the old backup by Teamwin was probably still on it somewhere), so I rebooted my phone. That's when it just failed and kept showing the Samsung logo at boot. I tried flashing my ROM again, again the logo. Then I did a factory reset using the regular recovery (cache and data reset), which fixed it. Now all my apps and data are gone, but that's no problem.
I'm back at the unrooted Samsung stock image now. Any ideas what I did wrong? These were the versions I used:
CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505
i9505-cwm-recovery-6.0.3.2(0611)
Odin3 v3.07
I did nothing more than root, install CMW, try a backup and then it all went to ****. I'm surprised a backup can even do that.

Mmm I'm not too familiar with the internal workings of backups. Perhaps something was corrupted during flashing? Glad to hear that you have got your phone working again. There is an updated version of CMW somewhere in the original development thread.
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i've had the exact same issue.
I did go back to stock firmware and recovery, rerooted(chainfire) and installed the latest CWM 6.0.3.6.
Then, i did download Jamals Google play 4.3 rom, placed it on my SDcard and did follow the instructions. Works like a charm, and i've got noe clue what happened to my phone. however, it works now.

Chillzone said:
i've had the exact same issue.
I did go back to stock firmware and recovery, rerooted(chainfire) and installed the latest CWM 6.0.3.6.
Then, i did download Jamals Google play 4.3 rom, placed it on my SDcard and did follow the instructions. Works like a charm, and i've got noe clue what happened to my phone. however, it works now.
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I tried CMW 6.0.3.6 and the Google Play 4.3 ROM as you said, and it works perfectly! I didn't try a backup this time, as it didn't exactly have anything to back up anymore.
Finally my precious vanilla Android again, I missed it since I switched from my Galaxy Nexus to my S4. Thanks a lot guys!
Edit: I do seem to be having one issue. Quite frequently after it's booted, and I enter the SIM pin, the message "Unlocking SIM card..." stays there indefinitely. I can use the phone but the message covers everything up. This doesn't always happen, but quite often. I've read some ROMs can't handle SIM lock, like CM. This is a Google Play edition, however. Is it normal that this doesn't work?
I can seem to fix it by holding the power button, and choosing "Unlock SIM" from the menu. I guess it's not that bad as I don't often reboot my phone.

[Q] A500 Boot hang on 4.1.2 cm10-flex ROM

Hello all,
I realize you all are busy but I'm at my wits end here. I installed my bootloader and recovery using afterOTA. This worked really well, I installed Thor 1.7.3 recovery and ICS V8 bootloader using the utility. I then booted into recovery and did a factory reset (really), reset cache and dalvik, battery settings as well... I then went to install ZIP (JB 4.1.2 CM10-FLEX v6supercharged_Aroma-Rev3.4) from internal storage (download folder). I customized the ROM then went back and installed the random apps...
After this was done I hit next and installed the ROM. It didn't take as long as I thought it would, and I hit reboot when it was done, but came to a screen that I could press next on. The installer screen said it was installing permissions, it didn't say that it was completely finished, just installing permissions or something, but I was able to press next.
After rebooting, it started the stock android boot animation, got to the upgrading applications screen, after the applications were done "optimizing" it went back into the stock android boot animation. It never came out of it.
I'm confused as to what I am doing wrong.. I've flashed ROMs multiple times and I thought this one would be the easiest out of all of them considering I didn't care about the data on it and I'm just playing around.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Fixed.. I'm an idiot
GermanDoerksen said:
Hello all,
I realize you all are busy but I'm at my wits end here. I installed my bootloader and recovery using afterOTA. This worked really well, I installed Thor 1.7.3 recovery and ICS V8 bootloader using the utility. I then booted into recovery and did a factory reset (really), reset cache and dalvik, battery settings as well... I then went to install ZIP (JB 4.1.2 CM10-FLEX v6supercharged_Aroma-Rev3.4) from internal storage (download folder). I customized the ROM then went back and installed the random apps...
After this was done I hit next and installed the ROM. It didn't take as long as I thought it would, and I hit reboot when it was done, but came to a screen that I could press next on. The installer screen said it was installing permissions, it didn't say that it was completely finished, just installing permissions or something, but I was able to press next.
After rebooting, it started the stock android boot animation, got to the upgrading applications screen, after the applications were done "optimizing" it went back into the stock android boot animation. It never came out of it.
I'm confused as to what I am doing wrong.. I've flashed ROMs multiple times and I thought this one would be the easiest out of all of them considering I didn't care about the data on it and I'm just playing around.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Well, I kept working on it and I think I was just impatient. Maybe. Either way I went back and tried to reflash several times, doing the wipes from the wipe screen each time. No luck. Eventually I went and formatted the /system /data and all the other options in the mount/storage menu. I then did all the "wipes" again and reflashed. It worked this time! Running incredibly smoothly.
Thanks for reading everyone.