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Stock -- Android is Upgrading

I am running Stock-Rooted with the Faux123 Kernel and I recently got a notification from GooManager that there was a Gapps update so I ran the update. Now every time I reboot, I get the Android is Upgrading dialog. I know this is usually done when you wipe Cache or install another rom but this is happening on every reboot now. ALso, I keep losing sound as well. Does anyone know how I can fix this issue or should I backup everything and load the factory image? I did do a nandroid backup but I the backup was corrupted so I cannot load that. I do have one other backup but that was from back in August. I know that I should of made a more recent backup but I did not.
BTW: I have Clockworkmod as my recovery and this has nothing to do with the Faux123 kernel as I have been using the same version for months without any issues.
Thanks

OK I did have a sooner backup - 10/09 right before the 4.1.2 update but it was made using TWRP and now I use ClockWorkMod. So can I restore a TWRP backup using CWM or do I need to reinstall TWRP and then restore?

comhack said:
I am running Stock-Rooted with the Faux123 Kernel
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Errm, that's not very stock....

I can't be the only one who read the title and got happy thinking 4.2 was rolling out..
Misleading title is misleading.

I thought the same, though it's only the 7th.

twrp recovery issues

So ive been having this issue and it started all after i tried to flash the ubuntu zips that were supposed to work with a custom recovery. I flashed correctly as everyone said to do so, and my recovery would restart during flashing of the armhf.zip(the larger zip). The armhf.zip would get around 2/3 done and then just restart the recovery but now i am having the problem that i cannot recover from any of my recoveries without my recovery restarting. TWRP will recover the system and then while it is recovering the /data partition it restarts back into the recovery, but does not finish the restore. I am running the latest twrp 2.4.1.0. Please let me know if anyone knows how to fix this issue, or if you have experienced this.
Thanks in advance,
I am wondering if i am going to have to flash factory firmware and rom from google and unroot, and then reroot and what not. Just let me know if any of this would help.

Ran into the same exact thing. Had limited success wiping, restoring nandroid backups, or installing CM10 nightlies. I was finally able to get back up and running this morning using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121673 to do a full wipe then install a clean Android ROM.
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melvis02 said:
Ran into the same exact thing. Had limited success wiping, restoring nandroid backups, or installing CM10 nightlies. I was finally able to get back up and running this morning using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121673 to do a full wipe then install a clean Android ROM.
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I am able to flash ROMs fine, its just restoring from nandroid that messes it up, did you do the kernel cleaner and superwipe or just the super wipe zip?
Edit: nevermind I just flashed super wipe, and everything is all good now, I can fully restore. Thanks for the help, I appreciate it.
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[Q] how to update PA?

I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks

drguild said:
I have CWM as my recovery and PA on the device.
I got a message today saying a new PA is out and grabbed the zip from goo manager.
Now I understand with goo manager you need a openscript recovery to use that to update though it appears CWM recovery doesn't use that but TWP does.
In CM10 you go to the settings and update from the OTA section in the about tab.
PA doesn't use those OTA updates it seems when CM does.
I would still be using CM but was getting a lot of crashes on M3 so I decided to try a few roms and currently running PA.
So what's the best way to update can I just flash the rom over the top of the current system without formatting first?
Thanks
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Move the zip containing the update to /sdcard (your root documents directory, where all your files are stored- ANdroid, Data, DCIM, Downloads, etc), reboot to CWM, flash zip, select zip and go. That should be all you have to do. :good:

It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
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purmou said:
It worked fine for me using CWM and the usual method to update (recovery->install zip->select from SD). The only problem I'm having is a DPI issue in the launcher. Make sure to install the newest gapps as well and clear the cache.
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Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.

drguild said:
Cheers guys I read you can just flash over the top in CWM but just wanted to confirm it.
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Correct.

Guys I need you (flashing sac)

Okay Idk what's going on exactly but I've tried downloading sacs custom 7.2 several times md5s all check out and when I go to flash it in twrp 2.6.3 it fails same with twrp 2.5.2.zip they both keep failing. However I was recently able to flash miuiv5 after a download so the recovery is still working (also it restores backups fine)... So. I'm wondering what's going on here they aren't bad files and it just won't flash! Does this rom have that aroma installer? Am I missing something that allows that?
Currently running trifforce 3.1 with agat kernel and twrp 2.63
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coke32 said:
Okay Idk what's going on exactly but I've tried downloading sacs custom 7.2 several times md5s all check out and when I go to flash it in twrp 2.6.3 it fails same with twrp 2.5.2.zip they both keep failing. However I was recently able to flash miuiv5 after a download so the recovery is still working (also it restores backups fine)... So. I'm wondering what's going on here they aren't bad files and it just won't flash! Does this rom have that aroma installer? Am I missing something that allows that?
Currently running trifforce 3.1 with agat kernel and twrp 2.63
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It could be a product assert. If the TWRP is not made for t0ltespr (Sprint Note II) or ROM isn't made for that the two could be trying to verify the wrong model against each other and failing. You can remove this from the zip by looking for the assert in update-script.
Another option if you're open to it is to try my unofficial CWM and see if that avoids your issue.
Good luck!

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In order for it to work, you need to flash sach's custom rom version 7.0. Let it do a full install and setup, then boot back into recovery. Then flash the 7.1 or 7.2 update. Hope this helps.
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Do Not, I repeat DO NOT do a system wipe in TWRP after installing 7.0 or 7.1. Let the aroma installer do the wipe. I learned the hard way, I wiped it myself and went to update to 7.2 and got nothing but failure notices. Once I re-flashed 7.1 and let the aroma installer do the wipe, it installed with no problem

ive always done a system wipe with no problems. be sure you are downloading the full rom and not the update. and make sure your downloading from a pc over a good wifi conection, then i make sure the file size is about the same size before transferring and flashing. hope this helps

coke32 said:
Okay Idk what's going on exactly but I've tried downloading sacs custom 7.2 several times md5s all check out and when I go to flash it in twrp 2.6.3 it fails same with twrp 2.5.2.zip they both keep failing. However I was recently able to flash miuiv5 after a download so the recovery is still working (also it restores backups fine)... So. I'm wondering what's going on here they aren't bad files and it just won't flash! Does this rom have that aroma installer? Am I missing something that allows that?
Currently running trifforce 3.1 with agat kernel and twrp 2.63
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After wiping system,caches,data in Twrp advanced wiped are you getting the fail? if so just reboot recovery and try to install again without wiping. I have had the flash fail for me too and a recovery reboot solved the issue for me. Also in aroma don't factory reset wipe just wipe cache and dalvik. Also I am on TWRP 2.6.3.1
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[Q] Updating CWM when ROM Manager says unsupported device.

I'll start by apologizing if this has been covered elsewhere. I looked but couldn't find it. I am definitely a noob, but trying to learn.
I bought a Nook Color already rooted a few years ago. Under "About Phone", it does say Model number is NookColor, it is Android version 2.3.7, and the Mod version is CM-7.1.0-encore. (kernel version 2.6..32.9 if it matters)
It already had ROM Manager on it, and when I boot into recovery, it has CWM 3.2.0.1. When I try to update CWM with Rom Manager, it tells me that I have an unsupported device. When I click Device not listed above, it pops up with "NookColor does not have an officially supported ClockworkMod Recovery yet. Have you installed a ClockworkMod based recovery manually?"
I assumed somebody must have so I hit "yes", and it asked me to confirm the version. I clicked on ClockworkMod 3.x+. It tells me after that Rom Manager has been set up to use your existing recovery installation. I hit "ok", and under Recovery Setup, it tells me Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 5.x.x.x I did reboot into recovery, and it still comes up as version 3.2.0.1
My question is, is there a way to download the most current version of CWM to my sd card and install it from CWM? If so, does anyone know where I could find the download?
My goal is to update to CM11, and the instructions I have tell me I need the latest version of CWM.

First off, get rid of ROM Manager, it does nothing but screw up Nook Colors. You can get a new enough version of CWM at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49898894
Edit: or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52672292
Then go to the first post of that thread to get the cm11 Rom.
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leapinlar said:
First off, get rid of ROM Manager, it does nothing but screw up Nook Colors. You can get a new enough version of CWM at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49898894
Then go to the first post of that thread to get the cm11 Rom.
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Thank you for the reply. Yeah, I kind of figured I needed to get rid of that. I had already downloaded cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore, and gapps-kk-20140606-signed in order to do this. I had a hard time getting those gapps for some reason, I hope they are the right ones. I looked that that thread. I must be blind. I can't see where I would get the latest CWM. I also don't know what to do with it when I do find it.

leapinlar said:
First off, get rid of ROM Manager, it does nothing but screw up Nook Colors. You can get a new enough version of CWM at this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=49898894
Edit: or here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=52672292
Then go to the first post of that thread to get the cm11 Rom.
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I found this in that thread. cwm-6.0.4.7-encore-signed Is that the right one? It says it's EMMC recovery. Can it be put on the sd card and installed through existing CWM?
I found this patched one: cwm-6.0.4.7-Jan31-encore-signed

Yes it can be put on sd and flashed to emmc with your existing cwm.
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Yes it can be put on sd and flashed to emmc with your existing cwm.
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I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up. Do I select "apply update from sdcard", or "install zip from sdcard? After I do the correct one, am I supposed to wipe anything?

xRick64x said:
I just want to make sure I don't screw anything up. Do I select "apply update from sdcard", or "install zip from sdcard? After I do the correct one, am I supposed to wipe anything?
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Install zip from sd. After you flash go to advanced and reboot to recovery so you are in the new recovery and then flash the rom and gapps zips and do a factory rest.
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leapinlar said:
Install zip from sd. After you flash go to advanced and reboot to recovery so you are in the new recovery and then flash the rom and gapps zips and do a factory rest.
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I flashed the rom and the gapps, and it looked like it was doing it, but as it was saying uninstaling old apks and installing new ones etc, it was taking a while. I left the room to find it rebooting back in to CM7. Should I go back in and reflash again and stay put this time?

xRick64x said:
I flashed the rom and the gapps, and it looked like it was doing it, but as it was saying uninstaling old apks and installing new ones etc, it was taking a while. I left the room to find it rebooting back in to CM7. Should I go back in and reflash again and stay put this time?
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Well, I tried to flash CM11, and I got the following.
--Installing: /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
Finidng update package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted
Thankfully I did a backup first, but I don't want CM-7 Do you have any idea what went wrong?

xRick64x said:
Well, I tried to flash CM11, and I got the following.
--Installing: /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
Finidng update package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted
Thankfully I did a backup first, but I don't want CM-7 Do you have any idea what went wrong?
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It might have been a corrupted download. Also what version of CWM did you end up installing? Are you sure it took? In other words did you see the new version number when you rebooted?
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leapinlar said:
It might have been a corrupted download. Also what version of CWM did you end up installing? Are you sure it took? In other words did you see the new version number when you rebooted?
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Sorry it took so long to answer. I'm on the east coast, I was sleeping when you sent your last message. It says CWM-based Recovery v6.0.4.7 at the top. I don't know if the word "based" means anything.
I had checked the MD5 Checksum with a utility I found for the CM-11 nightlies I found off of Download.CyanogenMod.org, and they matched.
I thought that maybe that the Nook was having trouble with my external card so I put the rom and the gapps on the internal card and tried it, and it still gives me the errors.
This is what I have been doing, and this is according to instructions I found in another thread:
1. I wipe data. on the nook screen it says:
CWM-based Recovery v6.0.4.7
--Wiping data...
Formatting /data...
Formatting /cache...
Formatting /sd-ext...
E:unknown vulume for path [/sd-ext.]
formatting /storage/sdcard0/.android_secure...
Data wipe complete.
I then wipe cache partition:
--Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache...
Cache wipe complete
I then wipe Dalvik cache under advanced:
It says Dalvik Cached wiped.
then I go to choose zip from /storage/sdcard1 and pick cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip (also tried with 20150607) that's where I get:
--Installing : /storage/sdcard1/cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
Finding update package...
Installing update package...
Installing update...
E:Error in /storage/sdcard1 and pick cm-11-20150614-NIGHTLY-encore.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted
Then it shows the Android guy keeled over. I then do a restore and he pops back up. on the screen it says:
Checking MD5 sums...
MD5 mismatch!
I boot back into system, and it loads CM-7 as if it was it's first day. It wants me to sign in to Google account etc.
I thought that when you do all those wipes, that at least the internal card wasn't supposed to have much left on it. It appears like mine has everything that it always had, not that I kept much in there. It does show files for ADW Launcher. Unless maybe they were restored through Google when I signed in.
Sorry this post is so long, but if you are helping me, I wanted to be detailed.

Everything is as it should be except for that error 0 and your backup md5 mismatch.
Just some things to point out. A factory reset wipes data and cache. So no need to wipe cache and dalvik cache, those are both wiped with the factory reset. And a factory reset does not wipe system, that is usually done by the new rom installer. Since that failed, system was not wiped and still had cm 7 still on it, but not set up since you wiped data.
And a data wipe does not wipe your files on the internal sdcard, which is why you still had some files from your prior installation.
And you need a newer CWM, version 6.0.4.8, for roms after 5/16/14:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52672292&postcount=285
Steven676's May 16, 2014 post. I don't know why he didn't update his original post to say that. Sure would have made it easier for newbies.
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leapinlar said:
Everything is as it should be except for that error 0 and your backup md5 mismatch.
Just some things to point out. A factory reset wipes data and cache. So no need to wipe cache and dalvik cache, those are both wiped with the factory reset. And a factory reset does not wipe system, that is usually done by the new rom installer. Since that failed, system was not wiped and still had cm 7 still on it, but not set up since you wiped data.
And a data wipe does not wipe your files on the internal sdcard, which is why you still had some files from your prior installation.
And you need a newer CWM, version 6.0.4.8, for roms after 5/16/14:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52672292&postcount=285
Steven676's May 16, 2014 post. I don't know why he didn't update his original post to say that. Sure would have made it easier for newbies.
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Yes, it certainly would have made it easier. That newer cwm allowed me to install the rom and gapps.
The only problem I am seeing now is that I don't see the Play Store icon. I see Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, and Play Newsstand, but no Play Store. I am going to assume that I didn't have the correct gapps.
If that is the case, do you know where I can find them, and would I just flash it, and do I need to wipe anything afterwards?
Incidentally, even after flashing this rom I still have files left from things that I had installed before that I don't want. Are those just to be deleted manually?

xRick64x said:
Yes, it certainly would have made it easier. That newer cwm allowed me to install the rom and gapps.
The only problem I am seeing now is that I don't see the Play Store icon. I see Play Books, Play Games, Play Movies & TV, Play Music, and Play Newsstand, but no Play Store. I am going to assume that I didn't have the correct gapps.
If that is the case, do you know where I can find them, and would I just flash it, and do I need to wipe anything afterwards?
Incidentally, even after flashing this rom I still have files left from things that I had installed before that I don't want. Are those just to be deleted manually?
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Yes you must manually delete any sdcard files you don't want.
And I have a version of gapps for KitKat here:
http://d-h.st/T1Ps
If flashing that does not fix it, go to cwm and format /system, reflash the rom and new gapps zips.
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leapinlar said:
Yes you must manually delete any sdcard files you don't want.
And I have a version of gapps for KitKat here:
http://d-h.st/T1Ps
If flashing that does not fix it, go to cwm and format /system, reflash the rom and new gapps zips.
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Are you sure that's the right gapps? I have 4.4.4 now and that file says 4.4.2 You're the expert, but I just want to double check.
By the way....how is a person supposed to know what the right gapps file is for the rom used? I know that roms are device specific, but I don't know about gapps. I put CM-11 on my wife's Kindle Fire. Can I use the gapps file that I used for hers?
By the way, if I don't like CM-11, can I put CM-10, or CM-12 on my Nook using the same CMW that I now have? It seems like this is a little slow, and for some reason the lock screen is always in landscape mode.

leapinlar said:
Everything is as it should be except for that error 0 and your backup md5 mismatch.
Just some things to point out. A factory reset wipes data and cache. So no need to wipe cache and dalvik cache, those are both wiped with the factory reset. And a factory reset does not wipe system, that is usually done by the new rom installer. Since that failed, system was not wiped and still had cm 7 still on it, but not set up since you wiped data.
And a data wipe does not wipe your files on the internal sdcard, which is why you still had some files from your prior installation.
And you need a newer CWM, version 6.0.4.8, for roms after 5/16/14:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=52672292&postcount=285
Steven676's May 16, 2014 post. I don't know why he didn't update his original post to say that. Sure would have made it easier for newbies.
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I was able to answer my own question. I actually did the wipes, and reinstalled the rom (just in case), and I flashed the gapps that I used on my wife's Kindle. Now I know that gapps are are not specific to the device. I don't know why there are so many different versions of gapps for a rom though. I also don't know how you are supposed to know which is the best to use. It seems like it's always buried in a thread somewhere, but where do you go to find the information out otherwise? Also, it seems like if you are going to flash a rom, you have to have the correct version of cwm, and that the most recent updated one isn't always best. How are you supposed to know which version for which rom? Also, do you know if they have stopped making nightlies for cm-11? The last one was on 6/14, and it seems a little buggy. If they do make one, and I want to flash it, do I just flash it, or would I have to do the wipes again and would that make me have to reinstall all my apps? As you can tell, I am trying to learn all about this.

xRick64x said:
I was able to answer my own question. I actually did the wipes, and reinstalled the rom (just in case), and I flashed the gapps that I used on my wife's Kindle. Now I know that gapps are are not specific to the device. I don't know why there are so many different versions of gapps for a rom though. I also don't know how you are supposed to know which is the best to use. It seems like it's always buried in a thread somewhere, but where do you go to find the information out otherwise? Also, it seems like if you are going to flash a rom, you have to have the correct version of cwm, and that the most recent updated one isn't always best. How are you supposed to know which version for which rom? Also, do you know if they have stopped making nightlies for cm-11? The last one was on 6/14, and it seems a little buggy. If they do make one, and I want to flash it, do I just flash it, or would I have to do the wipes again and would that make me have to reinstall all my apps? As you can tell, I am trying to learn all about this.
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As an end user, you do not really want to use nightlies, they are usually buggy and experimental. You want to use the latest snapshot which for the most part have their bugs worked out. Usually you can flash new nightlies over older nightlies without wiping. But if you go backwards, like from a newer nightly to an older one or an older snapshot, you should wipe. You can try it without wiping, but if you experience problems, go back and wipe, no need to reflash.
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leapinlar said:
As an end user, you do not really want to use nightlies, they are usually buggy and experimental. You want to use the latest snapshot which for the most part have their bugs worked out. Usually you can flash new nightlies over older nightlies without wiping. But if you go backwards, like from a newer nightly to an older one or an older snapshot, you should wipe. You can try it without wiping, but if you experience problems, go back and wipe, no need to reflash.
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I downloaded and installed the M12 snapshot. Well, for one thing, the lockscreen is always in landscape mode. For another, it is now running just as slow as slow can be. Do you have any idea why that might be? I put the rom in my external sd card and installed from there. That's what I should have done correct? Is there another build that I should have put on here instead? I also noticed, that even after doing all the wipes, and installing new roms, I still had files from before I started all of this. Did it not wipe correctly?

leapinlar said:
As an end user, you do not really want to use nightlies, they are usually buggy and experimental. You want to use the latest snapshot which for the most part have their bugs worked out. Usually you can flash new nightlies over older nightlies without wiping. But if you go backwards, like from a newer nightly to an older one or an older snapshot, you should wipe. You can try it without wiping, but if you experience problems, go back and wipe, no need to reflash.
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Well, I am having some issues with this rom. For example, the wifi isn't as strong as it used to be, and some apps don't want to connect. When I reboot, app folders that I put on the desktop end up missing as well as some icons and I have to put them on again. I did go in to cwm and wiped the caches, but that didn't help, not to mention the continued landscape mode with the lockscreen. Any ideas? What rom do you think is best?

xRick64x said:
Well, I am having some issues with this rom. For example, the wifi isn't as strong as it used to be, and some apps don't want to connect. When I reboot, app folders that I put on the desktop end up missing as well as some icons and I have to put them on again. I did go in to cwm and wiped the caches, but that didn't help, not to mention the continued landscape mode with the lockscreen. Any ideas? What rom do you think is best?
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I never liked cm11. I liked cm10.1.3 the best. It is very stable and everything works. If you go to that you must downgrade your cwm. I have versions on my NC tips thread linked in my signature.
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