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[Q] CM10.1.2 Bootloop

I was having a ton of problems with my Nexus 4, like i mean a TON
so I decided to just fix it and factory reset my phone. I rooted it with the nexus 4 tool kit and flashed TWRP. I found the CM10.1.2 zip and the 4.2.2 GAPPS. Flashed the ROM, then the GAPPS, then cleared both caches and Rebooted my phone. It is stuck at the spinning CM circle boot logo forever (I even left it on all night). I tried flashing CM10.1.0 with the 4.2.2 GAPPs same process and still in a boot loop. WTH is going on. I'm so frustrated. My phone was wiped clean and the only app I have is a file explorer besides the preinstalled Google apps.
Help.
I made a backup of when I freshly rooted my phone so I don't have to keep rooting when I enter recovery to get away from the boot loop

Before you flash the ROM did you do factory reset? Go into twrp do a factory reset then flash ROM and gapps then reboot it shouldn't take more then 5 mins for it to boot
From my BLACKED OUT N4

What's the point of XDA,,,, no one ever answers my posts.

michaelsp9 said:
What's the point of XDA,,,, no one ever answers my posts.
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I answered your post. The point of XDA is to share development work and learn how it works but if you're using a toolkit and not reading you'll never learn that's why you've had "a ton of problems" and don't know how to fix it
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spaceman860 said:
I answered your post. The point of XDA is to share development work and learn how it works but if you're using a toolkit and not reading you'll never learn that's why you've had "a ton of problems" and don't know how to fix it
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Sorry I never saw your reply. Thanks for replying. I did a factory reset from the settings menu NOT from within TWRP. And the toolkit is not to blame because I've used it plenty of times before and has not caused any problems. All it does is root my phone.

Umm you need to wipe within twrp before you flash. You're bootlooping because you only did a factory reset which only deletes cache and stuff. Wipe from within twrp and then flash
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Warbuff said:
Umm you need to wipe within twrp before you flash. You're bootlooping because you only did a factory reset which only deletes cache and stuff. Wipe from within twrp and then flash
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I wiped from within TWRP, rebooted and then my attenas were not working again. I could at least see the networks in my area but I could never connect on WiFi- it kept saying "Authenticating". It also said "No Service" for my 3G.
I booted back into TWRP and went into the advanced options for wiping and selected everything besides some "usb" thing and I think I deleted my OS -__- . I'm an idiot I should really not do what I don't know. I'm just going to flash stock ROM (4.2.2) with the Nexus 4 Tool Kit and see if things improve.
Thanks for your help.

In twrp if you're flashing a different always do the advanced wipe in order to clear the previous rom. Doing the basic wipe in twrp has the same effect of factory reset from earlier
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4.3 cm-10.2

Has anyone tried the 4.3 cm10.2 ROMs found over here (http://androidhosting.org/Devs/Dhacker29/cm-10.2/)? I was going to give it a go last night but for some reason my device got stuck on the "warning your boot loader is unlocked" screen and had to use Matt's utility to give it life... I may give it a try tonight when I'm not expecting any calls...
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Yeah, I'm running the latest version of it now. I had the same problem. What worked for me was the following:
1. Wipe everything - system, data and both types of cache.
2. Install CM 10.2 and NOTHING else. Boot the ROM. It should go through now.
3. Once you get to the main screen, reboot into recovery.
4. Install the 4.3 GAPPS version. Reboot, get to the main screen and reboot into recovery.
5. Now flash the 4.3 version of Supersu for CM 10.2
6. Boot one last time into CM 10.2
All the links for everything you need can be found with a Google search. Later I may edit this post to include those links.
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Thank you kindly for the reply... I got it booting finally but couldn't get su permission on TiB and what not... I didn't know about needing the 4.3 su ...I'll flash that now... again thank you kindly
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TWRP isn't supported either from what I understand. You need to run CWM.

Any time I install 4.3, it won't reboot. It starts up initially, but I can't get it to get past the Motorola logo upon second boot.
I have tried the normal install method and this method.
Then recovery doesn't see the /data folder so something is wrong with the 4.3 install I presume.
Does it change the location of data?

Yeah I Tried It But It Had No Sound So I Changed Over To 4.2.2 AOKP.

grtechguy said:
TWRP isn't supported either from what I understand. You need to run CWM.
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I was using CWM on my first attempt... this time around I switched to TWRP...
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grtechguy said:
TWRP isn't supported either from what I understand. You need to run CWM.
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I use TWRP, works ok. Got sound, data, everything working fine. Battery life sucks, but no surprise there.

My 2c
I'm running it right now. I must have missed the part about flashing SuperSu, because I can't do anything as root. I had trouble the first time I flashed with the phone bootlooping, but I flashed again and that fixed it. Battery life is somewhat poor, but I just found the performance page today (Icon was different, silly me!) so we'll see how it goes with a different governor. I've been having issues with Navigation and Bluetooth audio on anything except stock. Bluetooth audio locks the phone and I have to soft-reset it. Navigation crashes if you try to multi-task while using it.

HOW TO Install CM 10.2 (Android 4.3) for Razr M (xt907)

I am running CM 10.2 by Skrilax - http://skrilax.droid-developers.org/cm10.2nightly/razrqcom/index.php?device=xt907 (Might be fine with the DHacker version also, but this is what I used.
Pretty much everything seems to work including GPS. I do not have Bluetooth anything so I can't speak to that. Some (maybe most) people seem to have difficulty getting it installed, but it can be done. There are a few tricks to it. Here's what worked for me:
I highly recommend using TWRP 2.6.0 as that's what I use and I know it works. Not sure whether other recoveries will function the same or not.
What you need:
1. The most recent version of CM 10.2 from the link above.
2. Gapps Core 4.3 - http://goo.im/devs/BaNkS/GApps 4.3
3. Root for 4.3 - http://download.chainfire.eu/342/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.43.zip
1. Erase everything except the external sdcard. Do it three times. (Don't ask, just do it.)
2. Also Format Data - what the heck, do that 3 times too.
3. Install the CM 10.2 ROM, wipe dalvik and cache again and reboot into the system. DO NOT install anything else at this time for best results.
4. Let the OS boot all the way to the desktop.
5. Unlock the developer options by going into Settings\About Phone and tapping 8 times on Build number. (Only needs done one time, updates do not hide it again.)
6. In Developer options, change Root Access to "Apps and ADB". (Go ahead and set up whatever else you want in Settings.Do not install any apps or updates at this time.)
7. Reboot into Recovery. Install Gapps Core 4.3
8. Clear dalvik and cache and reboot into System. If it hangs on the Motorola logo, get back into Recovery and format data again. (This is why I said don't install apps or updates yet.)
9. Once the phone boots all the way, reboot into Recovery again and install Root using Supersu 1.43.
10. Clear dalvik and cache and reboot into System. If it hangs on the Motorola logo, get back into Recovery and format data again. (This is why I said don't install apps or updates yet.)
11. Once System has booted, you can update SuperSu in the Google Play Store. The first time you open it, it will want to update the binary. It's very important that you choose the option to do it from Recovery. Your phone will reboot into Recovery, update the binary and then boot back into System.
12. Once all this is done, so are you. Restore your apps, allow Google Play to do any updates, and customize the layout to your tastes.
Note: Once you get a successfully installed 10.2 setup, you can dirty flash the nightlies. Always clear dalvik and cache. And always backup your apps before flashing anything if you want to make your life easier.
ENJOY!!!

Going to give it a go with CWM I'll let you know how it goes.

Well I got the rom to work but I could not get it to boot after loading gapps. I tried wiping data but no joy!

Hey, Thanks for the very clear update instructions - I'm now on CM 10.2!
I am not able to successfully root though. SuperSU complains:
"There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!
If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manualyl re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!"
I have tried to reflash the SuperSU zip posted here multiple times to no avail...
Thoughts?
EDIT: Solved with http://download.chainfire.eu/345/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51.zip

Flashed TWRP and I was able to get it up and running having the same issue with root going to try the file above and I'll update again.
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*** the supersu 1.51 file worked for me as well. ***
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I'm still having issues. I got the root to work but everytime I reboot the device I have wipe data or it hangs on the boot logo.
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Restored back to carbon rom 1.8. I may try again after a few more dailies are out. As this is my primary device I can not have the issues I saw. Admittedly it may be something that I did wrong and not the rom.
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Got this up and running last night and no issues so far for me. I'm wondering though if any custom kernels work with 10.2? I was curious about the vanquishpuppiesn12 kernel.

kensdavid said:
Hey, Thanks for the very clear update instructions - I'm now on CM 10.2!
I am not able to successfully root though. SuperSU complains:
"There is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!
If you just upgraded to Android 4.3, you need to manualyl re-root - consult the relevant forums for your device!"
I have tried to reflash the SuperSU zip posted here multiple times to no avail...
Thoughts?
EDIT: Solved with http://download.chainfire.eu/345/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.51.zip
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You must not have followed every step exactly. The process I outlined works flawlessly if it is followed exactly. I'm glad you were able to resolve it though. You ended up with the same result and that's what matters!
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Thanks for sharing , make a mark

netizenmt said:
You must not have followed every step exactly. The process I outlined works flawlessly if it is followed exactly. I'm glad you were able to resolve it though. You ended up with the same result and that's what matters!
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can you confirm if rear mic is working when taking videos? this has been the only hangup for me on the 4.2.2 ROMs...
I doubt it, since that functionality is probably kernel related, but still just curious...
thanks!

Ok I noticed that I had somehow installed the wrong TWRP I installed 2.6.0 today and I have so far had good luck phone is up and running and seems to be stable. At first I had some issues with a few apps throwing errors during the mass install when I sync'ed with Google but a manual download after and they installed just fine. Also the new camera app called focal has some issues for me it opened and took pics but images in gallery are blank. However the stock camera app seems to working fine at least for stills I have not tried video yet.

I've got this all working too, including root. But I've been noticing about a second delay when pressing power to unlock the phone. Sometimes it delays so long that I press power again. So when the phone does wake up, the screen goes off again from my double press of impatience. I'm running the 0907 nighlty
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FWIW, never needed to wipe data multiple times and I flashed everything at once. That said, still a good procedure to follow
Also, @georgeascott, that's a known bug. It tends to SOD on occasion... Not much to do to fix except maybe overclocking
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Any plans for safe strap support? My bootloader is apparently permanently locked. Stock isn't terrible.. You can disable and hide bloatware.. But it would be really nice to have pie instead of soft buttons and restart and screen shot on the power menu
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zombolt said:
Any plans for safe strap support? My bootloader is apparently permanently locked. Stock isn't terrible.. You can disable and hide bloatware.. But it would be really nice to have pie instead of soft buttons and restart and screen shot on the power menu
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Probably not, but you can get some of that functionality with root alone if you know how to mod systemui and stuff like that. Probably not the answer you're looking for but that's probably what it is...
Can always hope someone will Dev for it though
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sloosecannon said:
Probably not, but you can get some of that functionality with root alone if you know how to mod systemui and stuff like that. Probably not the answer you're looking for but that's probably what it is...
Can always hope someone will Dev for it though
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I have no clue how to do those things. I got really spoiled on the dinc. So many people spoon feeding contributions to a fabulous device. It sure is a shame it's impossible to unlock my boot loader
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everything I've run into *works*
but it all doesn't work so smoothly
Scrolling and everything is kind of choppy, I mean it is definitely livable, but still choppy.

netizenmt,
Thx a lot for your help. I`m now on cm10.2, too.
But there seemed to be some bugs.
1.I cannot install any apps from Google Play Store, or it hangs on the MOTO logo after reboot.
2.I can take calls, but cannot reach the 3G network.
P.S.When I try to use QPST to configure the phone, the QPST tells Serious error encountered, write to phone aborted.

I've installed CM10.2 two weeks ago and everything is working great! The first time I flashed it I got stuck at the CM boot animation... After ten minutes spent watching it I forced it to reboot: stuck again. At this point I booted back to recovery, followed thoroughly netizenmt instructions (wipe three times, really!!!), installed CM10.2, Installed gapps, installed supersu v1.43 and so on (follow all the steps netizenmt told us!)... Everithing worked fine then. At this point I changed build.props to make the phone works in GSM mode.

fargles said:
everything I've run into *works*
but it all doesn't work so smoothly
Scrolling and everything is kind of choppy, I mean it is definitely livable, but still choppy.
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If you go to settings/developer options and scroll down to HW overlays. Check the box to disable HW overlays. That should help with the tearing/chopping.

Also, maps FC all over the place as soon as you're using GPS.
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[Q] Need to re-install official MF3 after rooting and deleting applications.

Hello xda-dev,
I'm having trouble finding somebody else with a similar situation as mine:
So I picked up my new I337 from Costco this week. While using it throughout the week, I was very unfortunate as to allow the MF3 update from ATT to successfully update on my device. (This is the part where I cry because I can't install GE or custom bootloaders)
While doing some more research, I finally used this method to get root access after which I got Titanium Backup to remove the stock ATT bloatware.
I then proceeded to carefully un-install about a dozen or so applications most of which were ATT garbage.
Now maybe I uninstalled something crucial, or maybe certain applications need the ATT bloatware to run correctly, but my problem now is that Music and S-Voice both crash moments after starting them, so I would like to re-install my OTA MF3 update.
I understand that I have no shot downgrading or installing custom boot loaders at the moment, but I know that the MF3 rom seems to be available here.
Is there any risk in me getting Odin and attempting to install the rom using down+home+power way? (Sorry don't know the name for this procedure yet.)
I have come to peace with being stuck on MF3, but at the same time I would like to regain full functionality of my S-Voice and Music.
How would I go about safely re-installing my OS?

Using titanium backup, set both programs to be user apps, reboot, and switch back to system apps. Worked for me with Svoice, Smusic, and a few other programs. No more "Unfortunately xxxx has stopped" messages.
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EDIT: This should be the link for the original thread about this problem.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282959

Thank you so much, Doymecca.
This works for me... to an extent. S-Voice will only continue to run if I keep it as a user app.
Still no luck with the Stock Music player.
Will check the other threat now for a solution regarding a complete OS wipe.

Have you tried wiping your dalvik cache yet?
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EDIT: Here us a thread about wiping dalvik
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752390

I have tried wiping the "cache partition" as well as "wipe data/factory reset" from the stock recovery boot menu with no result.
Also I'm not sure, but I don't think I can wipe the Dalvik without a custom bootloader?? (Even after reading around, I don't understand the difference between Dalvik and what I have tried.)
EDIT: I really think, the reinstall would be my best option. I'm most curious to know if I'm at risk of bricking my device if I try to restore the MF3 rom from the earlier thread.

I could be wrong but I don't think you could flash that without a custom recovery.
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Apparently I cannot post outside links...
Google what is dalvik cache, also check out system tuner app in the play store, this app has a feature for wiping your dalvik cache along with a ton of other things.
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I could be wrong but I don't think you could flash that without a custom recovery.
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I also would not risk a flash.
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matievan said:
I have tried wiping the "cache partition" as well as "wipe data/factory reset" from the stock recovery boot menu with no result.
Also I'm not sure, but I don't think I can wipe the Dalvik without a custom bootloader?? (Even after reading around, I don't understand the difference between Dalvik and what I have tried.)
EDIT: I really think, the reinstall would be my best option. I'm most curious to know if I'm at risk of bricking my device if I try to restore the MF3 rom from the earlier thread.
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Just so its clear, you can NOT flash the rom in your link. Luckily, you won't be able to since you don't have a custom recovery. Trying to put a recovery on and flashing that rom could cause irreparable damage to your phone. You're mf3 and are severely limited to what you can do.
If you continue to mess with tibu, freeze the apps, don't delete them. That way if you mess something up you can get them back

You extract the contents of that ROM, and a manually add in the missing apps until your problem dissapears (will prob have to change permissions on each added app to "rw-r-r" and reboot for apps replaced apps to take effect)
That should work...and next time use titanium back up to actually back up, than freeze apps reboot see if there's any problems...if none than uninstall
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Thanks for the quick replies, everyone. I appreciate your help.
After much more research, I do see that there is no MF3 factory image available yet. I guess I wait til then.

matievan said:
Thanks for the quick replies, everyone. I appreciate your help.
After much more research, I do see that there is no MF3 factory image available yet. I guess I wait til then.
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Just to add to their arguments, absolute no flashing with odin on the MF3. Period. You will definitely mess something up. I'm thinking you altered the system recovery by getting rid of some stuff. You are going to have to wait until the devs come out with something.

Weirdest issues with wifi just recently. HELP!

So, I use my WiFi in 3 places.... my home, my mother's home and my in law's home. When I go from one house to another, my phone will connect to the wifi but my inter will not work. I have to "forget" the connection and reconnect to it. Right now, I'm at my in law's home. When I leave here and go to my home, I'll have to "forget" my WiFi connection and reconnect to it before it will work again. Why is this happening?
Thanks in advance!
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thats odd i have WIFI at work and home and switching between the two i dont have problems.

Dcar777 said:
So, I use my WiFi in 3 places.... my home, my mother's home and my in law's home. When I go from one house to another, my phone will connect to the wifi but my inter will not work. I have to "forget" the connection and reconnect to it. Right now, I'm at my in law's home.
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How long has it been since youve cleared your ROM's cache/dalvik cache. Somethimes cached settings can muck things up. If clearing your caches doesnt help, try using Odin to flash a different modem meant for your device.
What ROM are you on? What version of Android is that ROM based off of?

asrah said:
How long has it been since youve cleared your ROM's cache/dalvik cache. Somethimes cached settings can muck things up. If clearing your caches doesnt help, try using Odin to flash a different modem meant for your device.
What ROM are you on? What version of Android is that ROM based off of?
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I am stock rooted. I don't like to change roms. I only root to use apps that require root. My recovery is stock too. I found it difficult to upgrade software with non stock recoveries. In on 4.4.2 now. NC4
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Dcar777 said:
I am stock rooted. I don't like to change roms. I only root to use apps that require root. My recovery is stock too. I found it difficult to upgrade software with non stock recoveries. In on 4.4.2 now. NC4
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Find a way to clear your roms caches, then see if it works better.

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Find a way to clear your roms caches, then see if it works better.
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I'm pretty sure I can't clear my devlik with my stock recovery. Is there a way to load twpr, clear everything then put my stock recovery back in place without losing all my data?
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Dcar777 said:
I'm pretty sure I can't clear my devlik with my stock recovery. Is there a way to load twpr, clear everything then put my stock recovery back in place without losing all my data?
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You can install busybox, then install SafeStrap. SafeStrap is based off of TWRP and has the majority of the same functions.

asrah said:
You can install busybox, then install SafeStrap. SafeStrap is based off of TWRP and has the majority of the same functions.
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Safestrap will allow you to clear cache & dalvik without wiping data or messing with your stock system. You can always uninstall via the app you use to install Safestrap. You can get it and instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2517610.
To clear your cache/dalvik only, in Safestrap go to Wipe > Advanced > Select Cache & Dalvik Cache > Swipe > Reboot. Your phone should show Android upgrading apps message upon boot and then you're done.
If this doesn't work you could try flashing a modem via odin as asrah suggested, but I would be doubtful that would fix anything as it sounds like a system file issue not firmware. The modems ccan be found in the following post.
If this doesn't fix your wifi you may need to wipe your system and reflash your stock rom. You have a couple of options:
Start fresh via odin and reroot. Stock files here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2524572.
Or
Flash a stock, prerooted NC4 rom. Instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627.
The latter would be the quickest route if you still have Safestrap installed.
If you have any questions just ask.

kinstre11 said:
Flash a stock, prerooted NC4 rom. Instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2787627
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That ROM/Firmware/Kernel (some part of one or more of the three) have been responsible for two SIM locks. I highly doubt Beans is to blame. Hes a great dev. However, sometimes issues arise that are no ones fault. Just weigh your decision to flash that stuff against any need for prepaid carriers.