My friends, who is miles away tried upgrading nexus 4 through official OTA but during the process, phone stuck at "Android is upgrading".."starting apps". It been in this state since an hour. It's not even showing how many apps have been upgraded out of the total apps.
The phone is fully stock. Not rooted. USB de-bugging not enabled.
Can anyone please help?
filthykid said:
My friends, who is miles away tried upgrading nexus 4 through official OTA but during the process, phone stuck at "Android is upgrading".."starting apps". It been in this state since an hour. It's not even showing how many apps have been upgraded out of the total apps.
The phone is fully stock. Not rooted. USB de-bugging not enabled.
Can anyone please help?
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First to a hard reset/reboot, if not working:
Go into recovery > wipe cache.
If its not working wipe data (factory reset)
IF that doesn't work, try flashing stock images.
IF that doesn't work, flash a custom recovery and wipe cache dalvik cache and format/wipe data(I prefer twrp) (when unlocking bootloader and flashing recoveries I also recommend using the fast boot commands, not a toolkit)
If that doesn't work, then flash a ROM?
Flashing stock images should be your second to last last option though,
Flashing custom recoveries/roms IS your last option.
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gravitysandwich said:
First to a hard reset/reboot, if not working:
Go into recovery > wipe cache.
If its not working wipe data (factory reset)
IF that doesn't work, try flashing stock images.
IF that doesn't work, flash a custom recovery and wipe cache dalvik cache and format/wipe data(I prefer twrp) (when unlocking bootloader and flashing recoveries I also recommend using the fast boot commands, not a toolkit)
If that doesn't work, then flash a ROM?
Flashing stock images should be your second to last last option though,
Flashing custom recoveries/roms IS your last option.
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Bro thanks lots for your response. However nobody here replied so i took a guess avid asked her to reboot the phone and see if it starts up. Fortunately it did and luckily it updated the OS. I wonder why it stopped at upgrading apps then?
However her camera ain't working, which was already giving lotsa problems on 4.2.2.
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starting apps stuck...
Dear Sir,
I Have Samsung Galaxy s4 Gt-I9505 , i have install android firmware recently, when phone restrat it stuck at starting apps....
sir pls give me solution as soon as possible....
pls mail me solution on - umangpatel5510 @gmail.com
gravitysandwich said:
First to a hard reset/reboot, if not working:
Go into recovery > wipe cache.
If its not working wipe data (factory reset)
IF that doesn't work, try flashing stock images.
IF that doesn't work, flash a custom recovery and wipe cache dalvik cache and format/wipe data(I prefer twrp) (when unlocking bootloader and flashing recoveries I also recommend using the fast boot commands, not a toolkit)
If that doesn't work, then flash a ROM?
Flashing stock images should be your second to last last option though,
Flashing custom recoveries/roms IS your last option.
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Device Model: Google Nexus 7 16GB
ROM: PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 PIE3.1 (4.2.1)
Recovery: Clockworkmod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.9
I installed this ROM at the root of my SD card and wiped the dalvic cache. When I try to boot it, I'm stuck at the "X" boot screen. I've already reflashed my device 3 times and this bug is still there. I was just curious if anyone has seen this issue and if there were any workarounds?
I'm able to flash my device back to Stock but I really want to get this ROM working so a little help would be appreciated!!
wesc16 said:
Device Model: Google Nexus 7 16GB
ROM: PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 PIE3.1 (4.2.1)
Recovery: Clockworkmod Touch Recovery 6.0.1.9
I installed this ROM at the root of my SD card and wiped the dalvic cache. When I try to boot it, I'm stuck at the "X" boot screen. I've already reflashed my device 3 times and this bug is still there. I was just curious if anyone has seen this issue and if there were any workarounds?
I'm able to flash my device back to Stock but I really want to get this ROM working so a little help would be appreciated!!
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First of all, that's not a brick. Not at all. You need to read the installation instructions, which would have told you that wiping data is a must.
Re: [Q] PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 - Bricked Device
You don't need a workaround. About a million purple have installed PA. What ROM did you try and flash over and are you sure you had the right file for your android version?
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Dirty AOKP 3.2 & m-kernel+ a33
Re: [Q] PARANOIDANDROID 2.99 - Bricked Device
Not a brick. If you can flash something else it's not a brick.
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Before I flashed anything, I was using Stock 4.2.1 but once I started flashing ROMs, I've been stuck at a boot loop even though I've wiped the data and dalvik cache. I seriously can't figure out what's going on.
ROMS flashed: CM10, LiquidSmooth, ParanoidAndroid, MIUI, SmoothROM
Recovery Tools: CWM 6.0.1.9, TWRP 2.3.2.1 (I have tried both recovery tools for each ROM when performing installation)
Each time I've been stuck at the boot, I had to reflash the Stock Image to recover. After I flash the stock image, I would try to flash another ROM. It's not like I have any data on here either so wiping the data isn't really helping as suggested...
The steps that I've followed:
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Root Device
3. Flash ROM using either CWM or TWRP.
4. Wipe Data + Dalvik Cache
5. Reboot System.
Is there something wrong with the steps I'm using? I've been using the Nexus 7 Toolkit 4.0.0 to make things quicker but it seems like I should just use the adb shell and manually trace it step by step.
Nevermind, I figured it out. I did a factory reset before the flash and then wiped all the other stuff in order for my Nexus 7 to boot properly. Thanks for the feedback!
Hi everyone.
For years I've been coming here finding answers to problems that I've had. It seems I'm finally special enough to have to make a new thread.
Phone: S4 Gt-I9505
Carrier: Vodafone New Zealand
I rooted my phone with cf-autoroot and CWM on the stock 4.2.2 version of android. I then went looking for ROMs and found the leaked (didn't know it was at the time) 4.3 version from google. I installed that and whoopee! We got along well for the first two days, but I restarted my phone on day three and that's where the problem started.
Upon reboot, my phone powered onto the Samsung splash screen, but went no further. Confused, I did a factory recovery in CWM and it still didn't go. I reinstalled the rom and it went again fine, until reboot when it hung on the splash screen again. I tried various roms and fixes and just made a mess of my phone.
Long story short, I now have TWRP on my phone with the abyss 1.3.1F kernel installed and no ROM. Is there any step by step process that someone could give me on how to proceed with TWRP and which ROM/kernel to install to get me up and running again? Not fussy on which rom but one with no bloatware would be excellent. I would be eternally grateful! :fingers-crossed:
Thanks!
Download the latest version which is I9505XXUBMGA either Odin or CWM from here, if you flash via Recovery you need to wipe data & factory reset, cache partition and dalvik cache before flashing but you can flash via Odin
I prefer to use Philz Touch recovery than TWRP
Crauze said:
Download the latest version which is I9505XXUBMGA either Odin or CWM from here, if you flash via Recovery you need to wipe data & factory reset, cache partition and dalvik cache before flashing but you can flash via Odin
I prefer to use Philz Touch recovery than TWRP
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Thank you Crauze, Will try now.
EDIT: That rom is going to take ages to download. I'll update when it's done in a few hours.
Crauze said:
Download the latest version which is I9505XXUBMGA either Odin or CWM from here, if you flash via Recovery you need to wipe data & factory reset, cache partition and dalvik cache before flashing but you can flash via Odin
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Hi, you have touched on an issue I am trying to understand.
Do you only need to wipe you data and caches when you used custom recovery to flash a ROM but not when you use Odin on a PC?
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The above answer worked perfectly. Thank you!
jcodde said:
Hi, you have touched on an issue I am trying to understand.
Do you only need to wipe you data and caches when you used custom recovery to flash a ROM but not when you use Odin on a PC?
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I haven't flashed a custom ROM via Odin before but boot into Recovery and wipe data & factory reset, cache partition and dalvik cache and power off device and boot into Download Mode and flash via Odin
Hi:
I unlocked and successfully rooted my Nexus 10 (JB 4.3). Also have TWRP 2.6.1 installed. It worked fine with the stock rom rooted. Then I tried to install Custom Rom.. Paranoid Android..3.99. Everything went smooth until.I got stuck in BOOTLOOP. Reading the forums posts, I went back to recovery and wiped cache/dalvik cache.. and rebooted.. This time it proceeded with the ANDROID IS UPGRADING...but at the end of this once I got the lock screen..the dreaded UNFORTUNATELY SYSTEM UI has STOPPED window pops up and this is where I am stuck.
I have since then booted into recovery and cleaned cache and reinstalled custom roms.. PA, STOCK, CM 10.2 many times but of no use. The tablet is stuck at the SYSTEM UI HAS STOPPED.
Is there any way to fix this... ? ANY HELP WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
I would be glad to get back to FACTORY SETTINGS if I can. Note that I can push files from my MAC using "ADB" and then use recovery.
THANK YOU IN ADVANCE FOR YOU ALL.
Edit: Well guess what... I did not see FACTORY RESET in TWRP all along (BEING DEFAULT ACTION) and was just wiping cache/dalvik cache before rebooting. FACTORY RESET is a life saver.... it works. Hope this helps others in similar situation. I am back on CM 10,2 and running.
Excellent. That was gonna be my suggestion, but glad you got it figured out.
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In the future, learn to use fastboot. ADB only helps you if you have a custom recovery that can run ADB onboard, which isn't always the case (for example, if you kill your internal storage). What could have saved you here would have been:
fastboot wipe userdata
fastboot wipe data
fastboot update -w /path/to/stock-image.zip
It's harder to kill fastboot on Nexus devices, so it's worth learning.
Rirere said:
In the future, learn to use fastboot. ADB only helps you if you have a custom recovery that can run ADB onboard, which isn't always the case (for example, if you kill your internal storage
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Alternatively, TWRP can mount an otg-usb device. Totally saved my tush the other night.
Hello guys,
Unfortunatelly I installed the wrong kernel (franco kernel, milestone, actually only for 4.2.2) on my Nexus 4. (Before installing the kernel: updated to 4.3, then rooted, flashed paranoidandroid rom).
Now the device seems to be bricked, I have a bootloop. I still have access to the fastboot/recovery mode. I dont have any working kernel data on my phones memory.
Can you please help me how I get a working kernel again or how I can fix the problem?
Thank you!
Dan
The device is not bricked if you're able to access fastboot/recovery. A bricked device is when the phone CANNOT get into bootloader or recovery.
Just wipe factory settings,dalvik,cache (just wipe swipe if you're using TWRP) then reflash the Paranoid Android ROM, gapps and then reboot and it'll load.
zephiK said:
The device is not bricked if you're able to access fastboot/recovery. A bricked device is when the phone CANNOT get into bootloader or recovery.
Just wipe factory settings,dalvik,cache (just wipe swipe if you're using TWRP) then reflash the Paranoid Android ROM, gapps and then reboot and it'll load.
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Thank you very much. I appreciate your help! It worked.:victory:
zephiK said:
The device is not bricked if you're able to access fastboot/recovery. A bricked device is when the phone CANNOT get into bootloader or recovery.
Just wipe factory settings,dalvik,cache (just wipe swipe if you're using TWRP) then reflash the Paranoid Android ROM, gapps and then reboot and it'll load.
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I have loads of pics on my phone and have the same problem. Will I lose any of those?
After wipe u will lose all your data. But if you have turned on the picture sync with Google+ you get it back. Or u flash the ROM again without data wipe. (In not 100% sure if this could brake something)
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Just flash the correct franco.kernel.img file in fastboot mode or if you can get in custom recovery, flash the zip. You wont loose anything. :fingers-crossed:
First post, longtime lurker.
FInally I was brave enough to play around my Nexus 4. Using ADB and Fastboot, I unlocked the bootloader and install custom recovery (tried both twrp and hen cwm). However when I reboot the system, it gets stuck on the flashing 4-circles screen. I had wiped the cache and others, including factory reset, but it is not rebooting.
On the first attempt , I installed twrp, it went well. During the reboot, TWRP asked if I want to unroot to which I agreed. Then that it went to flashing loop. I don't think the SU file was in the phone.
Phone is stock 4.4.2
Please help.
Thanks in advance.
Can you get into recovery and what rom ate you trying to flash?
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jd1639 said:
Can you get into recovery and what rom ate you trying to flash?
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I could get into the bootloader. After massive web-search, I managed to solve the problem using Wugfresh Toolkit. I'm restoring everything now.
Thanks for the concern.
kelso_et said:
I could get into the bootloader. After massive web-search, I managed to solve the problem using Wugfresh Toolkit. I'm restoring everything now.
Thanks for the concern.
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You should have restored the phone using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Once you learn how to use it you could have restored your phone with out losing all your apps and data
Sent from my Nexus 5