Clockwork recovery - G2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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pennie57 said:
Just wondering if there is still problematic with wiping cache by it self
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yah seems to be so, but there are some small fixes, what i did was followed the instructions of another thread.
boot up into cwm
goto mounts and storage
click format /system
click yes
it took the same time it takes to wipe cache....like forever, but after it was done it sped up the process
im thinking of going over to TWRP and see how it is, they seem to have a fix.

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Cant get ROM's flashed... I've been demoted to a noob... =/

So I rooted and switched ROM's many times on my MT3g, and now that i'm trying it on my MT4g, I'm having hella trouble.
So I got to S=off and its perarooted now, with ClockworkMod Recovery image: 3.0.2.4. I tried to update the Kernel to KB-Kernel-2.4.8-108-CFS-SV... put my phone with the stock ROM into a boot loop, so i restored it. Tried to update the Kernel then immediately install CM-7.0.0... again put it into a boot loop, and had to restore. What am i missing here? Should be partitioning like with my MT3g? Should i be wiping? Is there something else I should be installing?
Some_Biker said:
Tried to update the Kernel then immediately install CM-7.0.0... again put it into a boot loop, and had to restore.
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That's your problem. You can't flash a kernel before the ROM, because the ROM's standard kernel immediately overwrites it. Try wiping all 3 items in the recovery menu, flash CM7, and then let it boot. Once CM7 is stable, try flashing your kernel. Just make sure it is compatible.
Sweet, thanks. Hopefully it works.
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Some_Biker said:
So I rooted and switched ROM's many times on my MT3g, and now that i'm trying it on my MT4g, I'm having hella trouble.
So I got to S=off and its perarooted now, with ClockworkMod Recovery image: 3.0.2.4. I tried to update the Kernel to KB-Kernel-2.4.8-108-CFS-SV... put my phone with the stock ROM into a boot loop, so i restored it. Tried to update the Kernel then immediately install CM-7.0.0... again put it into a boot loop, and had to restore. What am i missing here? Should be partitioning like with my MT3g? Should i be wiping? Is there something else I should be installing?
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Yes wipe, thats the issue not what tj said even though his information is correct
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Some_Biker said:
Sweet, thanks. Hopefully it works.
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It will work.
1. Flash Rom
2. Wait 5 mins so everything loads
3. Reboot into recovery
4. Wipe cache then in advanced...wipe davlik cache
5. Select zip from sd card and flash new kernel
Follow this and you will be good to go everytime! Happy flashing!
Lakeshow423 said:
It will work.
1. Flash Rom
2. Wait 5 mins so everything loads
3. Reboot into recovery
4. Wipe cache then in advanced...wipe davlik cache
5. Select zip from sd card and flash new kernel
Follow this and you will be good to go everytime! Happy flashing!
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Wipe before u flash tho
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mark manning said:
Yes wipe, thats the issue not what tj said even though his information is correct
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But I did mention wiping, and that was my main thought as to why it's not booting.
TeeJay3800 said:
But I did mention wiping, and that was my main thought as to why it's not booting.
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My bad read to fast
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Arrg... Maybe I'm just impatient... Or maybe I'm wiping the wrong 3... How long should I expect to wait and what 3 should I wipe?
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Some_Biker said:
Arrg... Maybe I'm just impatient... Or maybe I'm wiping the wrong 3... How long should I expect to wait and what 3 should I wipe?
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Wipe factory data
Wipe catche
Then go into advanced wipe dalvik
Should take 30 secs max to wipe, 5 mins max to install and reboot
Then flash your Rom and reboot. Once its rebooted then try flashing the kernel. There is no reason that won't work assuming you do have s-off
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If what Mark said doesn't work, I'd look to a corrupt recovery image, or more likely a bad download or SD card.
Aww... I'd be hella sad if I had a bad sdcard. My problem was that I wasn't wiping the correct things, but now thanks to you great people I finally can flash again! Thanks!
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Glad you got it working. If Mark or I have helped you, maybe you could hit the thanks button.
Make sure when you do a kernel you wipe cache and than davlvik and than flash the first time kernel and than repeat the process and than flash your desired kernel.
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Help Please ='(

Hi Guys i was trying to install a rom but i got an error like this one on the wipe data factory it says Skipping format of /sd-ext.
and when i go to the restore part to flash a nandroid to restore my phone it says something like this after restoring cache i get this
sd-ext.img not found. Skipping restore of /sd-ext.
What can i do guys?? my phone its not working at all, i just got this yesterday =S
please help!!
What did you do exactly?
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Umm, unless you have an A2SD partition on your SD card, recovery won't see it and therefore there is nothing to wipe.
Most problems can be fixed by flashing the PD15IMG.ZIP found in the downgrade tutorial, but that may not be necessary.
More details will help us to help you.
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sunlaw2 said:
What did you do exactly?
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ok the last rom i used was InsomMIUI but i wanted to flash another rom, when i get to the CWM i was doing everything normal you know, wipe data/factory reset,
wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik cache, fix permissions, when i do the wipe data/factory reste i get this--> Skipping format of /sd-ext
and when im trying to do a restore with a nandroid i get the same thing
so i went to the mounts and storage and if im not wrong it have to be UMMU but the mount /sd-ext part doesnt let me change it to unmount i dont know if that's the problem cause the error that im getting its related to the /sd-ext
This is normal and expected. Ignore this. It's not an error.
Dude this is normal... Mine says this all the time.
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Lol. Did you try rebooting your phone after the restore, or did you just assume it doesn't work?
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The thing is that the phone its stuck on the Mytouch 4g screen.
Got the phone working again
OK so heres what i did, got one of the stock builds for downgrade, did an update process and wait, now i have my phone again
daworship said:
OK so heres what i did, got one of the stock builds for downgrade, did an update process and wait, now i have my phone again
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congrats.
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By stock build for downgrade do you mean the PD15IMG.ZIP in the downgrade thread like I originally said?
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estallings15 said:
By stock build for downgrade do you mean the PD15IMG.ZIP in the downgrade thread like I originally said?
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Yes!!! Thanks!

[Help] Just formated everything

As the title says... i just formated my ****ing whole system
wanted to change roms and used this crazy complete cleanup script
didnt know that it would format EVERYTHING
so now im standing here with a phone with only a twrp recovery... no system no backups ... nothing
i somehow need to push a rom to my device and install it
problem is im totally blank when it comes to these adb shell things
could someone give me an advice how to get a file to my phone?
nexus toolkit doesnt work
So, assuming you can mount to your computer, download a ROM. Try the chemistry ROM? Or the stock rooted one. Whichever. Got to recovery, find the ROM and install it.
This is assuming you can mount with twrp. (Its in mounts)
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If it won't mount, use adb to push the zip(s) to your internal storage.
it does not mount... and i somehow cant get adb to work
Try adb side load in twrp
Edit: its in the advanced menu.
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ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
MoooN said:
ok did it
extracted system and user data from factory image and pushed it
managed to reebot
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How did you get it to mount?
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Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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HerrKuk said:
Don't use a wipe script next time...
Even better, don't wipe at all. Just do a proper backup and dirtyflash.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Wow. Worst advice ever.
Next time, do a factory reset and wipe system. That'll do you and keep you from having those little issues that are caused by doing dirty flashes. Sometimes they work just fine. Others, they give you hell. It's one thing if you're upgrading between builds of the same ROM. Even then, though, it's a risk.
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Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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HerrKuk said:
Yeah, wiping solved OPs problem...
Oh... Wait a second..
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That's like saying never ever drive because if you steer into a pole, it's bad. Don't steer into things and it's fine. If the OP learns to correctly wipe, this won't be an issue ever again.
Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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I wipe cache, dalvik, factory reset, then wipe system every time I change Roms. I've done this for years on every android I've had and never had a problem. Don't wipe internal storage though.
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309041291a said:
Don't wipe system....
Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
Originally Posted by 309041291a<br />
Don't wipe system....<br />
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Factory Reset/Cache/Dalvik -> Flash ROM.<br />
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Always wipe system. That's where the most often overlooked errors come from.
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K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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309041291a said:
K well I've wiped system twice and I've lost everything on my SD.....
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On what? If I wipe data on TWRP I lose everything on SD. Wiping system wipes the system partition. There are many reasons I don't use CWM, poor backup locations and inefficient menu layouts are among them. If wiping system wipes the SD, I'll add that to the list.
TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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TWRP all the way! Way better than CWM in my opinion.
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Agreed. I would sacrifice an infant to get 4EXT Recovery Touch on thus baby. It has a "Format all partitions (except SD card)" option that is amazeballs.
ive done this before. to fix it you need to download the stock google nexus 4 image. google has taken it down from its webste but there are people here in the forums who have uploaded it to help and have other people download it.
now download and install the nexus 4 root tool kit
to fix your phone your are going to put your phone into fastboot mode and connect it to your pc.
then open up the nexus 4 root tool kit program.
next find the google nexus 4 toolkit folder and go into it. (mine saved in my local disk C)
go into the "put google factory image here" folder and drop the google factory image in there.
once thats done go back into the nexus 4 root toolkit program and press number 9 (download, Extract + flash Facotry image"
since you already downloaded it and put it in the factory image folder you're going to click option number 2 (flash google image)
then type yes and let it do its thing
make sure that the factory image that you download is in a .tgz or .tar file or else it wont work
I hope that helps!!!!

Booting problem

I flashed Quarx's CM10 ROM and it runs completely fine at first, but then when I reboot my phone it gets stuck at the splash screen and won't load the operating system. The only way I've found to fix it is to reset to factory defaults, which isn't really an ideal solution as I don't want to have to reinstall everything every time I reboot my phone.
Does anyone have any idea what I can do?
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Just clear dalvik cache in custom recovery. You can find it in "Advance" menu. Dalvik cache has to be clean before first boot. You can wipe all caches just in case. After this try to reboot a couple of times to see if this issue persists.
Vicsa said:
Just clear dalvik cache in custom recovery. You can find it in "Advance" menu. Dalvik cache has to be clean before first boot. You can wipe all caches just in case. After this try to reboot a couple of times to see if this issue persists.
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I have cleared all caches and nothing has worked. I've left it to try and boot for at least an hour several times, but it just doesn't want to boot.
I'm only having this problem on CM10, by the way.. 7.2 still works.
Strange issue
Check after reboot in BootMenu (in 'boot' section) if it still boots in 2nd_boot and not in 2nd_init or normal. Normally if it boots in 2nd_boot at first, it should stay in 2nd_boot.
Vicsa said:
Strange issue
Check after reboot in BootMenu (in 'boot' section) if it still boots in 2nd_boot and not in 2nd_init or normal. Normally if it boots in 2nd_boot at first, it should stay in 2nd_boot.
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2nd-boot is selected.
Try a format to ext4 from bootmenu.
After doing this reboot and wipe data once, then it should work fine
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I had that problem too
thekguy said:
Try a format to ext4 from bootmenu.
After doing this reboot and wipe data once, then it should work fine
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I had this problem few months ago...
I have tried everything (in my opinion) and only flashin with sbf file helped, then installing Quark's rom again...
Well, sbf is the surest way, but the method posted above I've used successfully to downgrade from cm10 to miui gb
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thekguy said:
Try a format to ext4 from bootmenu.
After doing this reboot and wipe data once, then it should work fine
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It boots into CM10 then I when I restart the phone it gets stuck on the splash screen again.
And what happens when only format to ext4+ cache wipe(no wipe data).
Also cm10 for me sometimes hangs or boot loops on first run, removing battery and powering up manually fixes the issue
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thekguy said:
And what happens when only format to ext4+ cache wipe(no wipe data).
Also cm10 for me sometimes hangs or boot loops on first run, removing battery and powering up manually fixes the issue
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Same thing happens, it just hangs.
It runs perfectly fine on the first run, but then when I reboot it it just hangs at the boot splash screen every time I restart it.
Motorola or cyanogenmod screen
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thekguy said:
Motorola or cyanogenmod screen
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CyanogenMod screen.
Then you can't boot(after the first boot) even after formatting to ext4, data wipe+ cache wipe again?
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thekguy said:
Then you can't boot(after the first boot) even after formatting to ext4, data wipe+ cache wipe again?
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Yeah, that's right. It's really weird, though.. because CM7.2 works flawlessly.
Really very weird. Does the booting problem occur even if you make no changes to the filesystem and simply reboot after first flash?
You can also try a sbf flash, though it probably won't help much
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thekguy said:
Really very weird. Does the booting problem occur even if you make no changes to the filesystem and simply reboot after first flash?
You can also try a sbf flash, though it probably won't help much
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Okay, I tried that and I think I figured out the problem. My phone is carrier unlocked and I'm with a different provider, so I have to flash a soft sim unlock on my phone which is causing boot problems on CM10.. any ideas on what I should do?
If your phone is carrier unlocked, then you don't need to flash any unlock
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thekguy said:
If your phone is carrier unlocked, then you don't need to flash any unlock
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My phone is locked to a carrier, "unlocked" was a typo.

[Q] Make_ext4fs freezing in TWRP (VZW G2)

I have been crack-flashing on my GNex for years, and am now transitionting to the VZW LG G2. Have run into an error I have never seen before, and I can't figure it out.
Everytime I try to wipe something in TWRP (the newest .2 version), it gets to the make_ext4fs formatting of either the Cache or the System (when I tried to manually wipe the system instead of the standard factory reset), it just keeps going and going and never finishes (I have let it run for 10-15 minutes at most, I can't imagine the cache needs more than 10 minutes to clear).
Anyone have any ideas here, do I need to install a different version of TWRP, or is it something corrupted in the base?
Nevermind... Please excuse my impatience, I let it go for 30 minutes now and it just worked. WOW that was a big cache!
dougbushbc said:
Nevermind... Please excuse my impatience, I let it go for 30 minutes now and it just worked. WOW that was a big cache!
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I just had this problem too so i did what you said and left it for 30 minutes and it ended up finishing the full wipe
Actually guys its an issue that needs fixing, or at least could someone knowledgeable explain why cache wipe takes that much time?
In twrp settings toggle "use rm -f instead of make" (or something like that)
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CWM.
Makrilli said:
In twrp settings toggle "use rm -f instead of make" (or something like that)
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It got to do with the wipe method. The fix is to use rm- f as the method. You can find the setting under the advanced tab in twrp.
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It got to do with the wipe method. The fix is to use rm- f as the method. You can find the setting under the advanced tab in twrp.
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So I was having this issue also and was looking for a fix for it. I tried using the rm- f method but then it says it could not mount anything and nothing would work.
I am also on the Sprint Variant. (LS980)
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Any fix for this?
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