All roms brake my phone..? - Verizon Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

So I have tried a lot of roms on my note 3 and I have to say most of them are awesome.. I just did the Eclipse rom today - fantastic.... I want it to be my daily driver actually.
But a problem that I have on ALL roms that I use is, when I go to power off or reboot the device it sits at a "Shutting down" screen likes its closing apps, and getting ready to shut off. The problem is, even after an hour - it doesn't do anything.. I have to pull the battery.
I have tried 6 or 7 roms and they all do the same thing.. This is using safe strap. Each time I have deleted and recreated the slot for the rom.

janderson2k said:
So I have tried a lot of roms on my note 3 and I have to say most of them are awesome.. I just did the Eclipse rom today - fantastic.... I want it to be my daily driver actually.
But a problem that I have on ALL roms that I use is, when I go to power off or reboot the device it sits at a "Shutting down" screen likes its closing apps, and getting ready to shut off. The problem is, even after an hour - it doesn't do anything.. I have to pull the battery.
I have tried 6 or 7 roms and they all do the same thing.. This is using safe strap. Each time I have deleted and recreated the slot for the rom.
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Are you using the stock ROM slot?

janderson2k said:
So I have tried a lot of roms on my note 3 and I have to say most of them are awesome.. I just did the Eclipse rom today - fantastic.... I want it to be my daily driver actually.
But a problem that I have on ALL roms that I use is, when I go to power off or reboot the device it sits at a "Shutting down" screen likes its closing apps, and getting ready to shut off. The problem is, even after an hour - it doesn't do anything.. I have to pull the battery.
I have tried 6 or 7 roms and they all do the same thing.. This is using safe strap. Each time I have deleted and recreated the slot for the rom.
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And what version of Safestrap are you running? The current is 3.75 B04. 3.72 did not support extra rom slots without a bit of tweaking. But it would always hang at shutdown, so you had to pull the battery to restart it. It is now fixed with the current build of SS.

strider5236 said:
And what version of Safestrap are you running? The current is 3.75 B04. 3.72 did not support extra rom slots without a bit of tweaking. But it would always hang at shutdown, so you had to pull the battery to restart it. It is now fixed with the current build of SS.
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HTC HD2: Android crashes all the time!

Hey guys!
I changed from Windows 6.5 to Android.
I used the Toolkit and wiped my Device, installed HSPL, installed the Radio ROM, installed MAGLDR and partioned the system partition size to 250mb and the cache to 45mb.
I installed various ROMS, for example
"EvoHd2 V70 ICS Nand Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3"
"IceCreamTosti v0.11 [Android 4.0.4]"
"Energy™ -.¸¸.·´¯ SensationXL"
BUT, every ROM is crashing all the time. Sometimes it crashes while booting and often it crashes while I'm trying to call sb.
I don't know what to do!
Do you have any answers to my topic?
hey,
well u can try running task29 and flashing MAGLDR and CWM over again. and when you are flashing CWM dont mess with the custom partition size, maybe u did something wrong there. just use the default sizes ie. 150M, 250M and 400M. hope it helps
Thanks for your answer. I reinstalled the whole thing a few times, but it didn't help
Mysteriously Windows Mobile 6.5 also crashes. I'm really desperate
Can you describe exactly how the phone crashes (what does it look like) on windows mobile and android?
Crashing (in my case) means that the HD2 goes off, so that I have to reboot.
EDIT: It usually crashes when I want to "use" the phone, for example calling sb or downloading/installing sth..
you mean the phone shuts off and you have to turn it on again?
Yes, exactly. The phone simply shuts off and I have to turn it on again.
well...
try flashing the original HTC winmo 6.5 rom again....does that stop it?
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u can try flashing lighter roms like CM7 running gingerbread 2.3.7. u said u have tried sensation XL, that requires a 400mb partition i think, and the ICS roms are still in development. Maybe they r not "compatible" wid ur fone. Try lighter roms....Hope it helps
ValleValle said:
Yes, exactly. The phone simply shuts off and I have to turn it on again.
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Since you say that the same thing happens regardless of whatever you install, that would mostly likely point to a battery or power problem. Does it shut off when you have the phone plugged into the charger?
@adil1508
Thanks for your advice, but I have already tried your advice.... without succes
@hengsheng120
It's mysterious, but with a plugged-in charger, the problem doesn't or rather rarely appears...
Another thing I noticed is that the battery status alternates between 90% and 10%. For example, if my HD2 is running and the battery status is 90%, it crashes and after start-up it shows 10%.
How can that be? (A battery calibration didn't have any succes, too)
EDIT: Even with plugged in charger, it crashes. I tried it a few times ...
PROBLEM SOLVED!!!
After hours of reinstalling I recognized the source of my crashes.
The battery "contacts" are too loose, so I have put some paper under and on top of the battery ------> Succes! It works again!
Thanks for your adivice guys!
You may want to use a spare or new battery and see if the problem still occurs. If the battery doesn't charge properly then power can be disconnected because the battery completes the circuit.
hahaha lol lol
It never occured to me. I had the exact same problem about 6 months ago. A simple problem. haha. well done man. Can u give me and hengsheng some thanks, if u think we tried?

N7000 Official JB Bootloop - "3x Bombardment Odin Flash" simply works!!

I have first mentioned the problem here
Discussion - Stuck at Sammy Logo Issue on Official Jellybean ROMs
Mates, the problem is there, we should admit that, had it on Galactus rom twice ( reflashed the rom again after full wipes to make sure ), and had it also on the stock LSZ with its stock kernel, and also on Cassie's rom.
Nothing solves the problem apart from wiping data.
Is it the preload ? the kernel ? defective JB from Samsung ? I really don't know.
The only thing I would really like to mention is that on Stock and Cassie's rom, had the issue surprisingly occuring on odd restarts not the even ones ! the first restart gets stuck, the other goes on !
Tried all the tricks in the book (restart to recovery, reinstalling bootloader, overinstalling the same rom, wiping everything keeping data, nothing worked.
Unless data gets wiped, the problem persists.
BTW, I had the same problem on all the previous leaked versions before the official ones.
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The method was first described here and here by RbbCHan
Then suggested to me by kopitalk
Hi mate, finally I resolved this issue by following http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=2344 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...postcount=2347.
Now no matter I hard reset or reboot from recovery, I got no boot stuck anymore! Cheers mate!!!
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So here is what I have done " a step by step guide"
1-on a safe kernel, do all wipes+formats 9system,data, and preload".
2-reboot into DOWNLOAD mode.
3-connect your N7000 to PC (I use PC Odin V. 3.04).
4-start PC ODIN, untic "Automatic Reboot"
5-flash stock official LSZ rom
6-when you see the word "PASS", restart into DOWNLOAD MODE ( holding vol down+home+power).
7-reflash again.
8-when you see the word "PASS", restart into DOWNLOAD MODE ( holding vol down+home+power).
8-reflash again (3rd time)
9-restart you phone.
10-let the rom settle down, do your settings.
11-do a couple of restarts (legitimate ones, not by holding power for 7secs).
12-root your rom with the latest PhilZ LSZ kernel
13-restart into recovery, format data only "under mount and storage", then restart your phone.
Installed eybee's rom with mods, restarted automatically after mod3, and right now I am with a JB rom that does not stuck at sammy logo even when I force restart pressing the power button for 7 sec.
If you feel it takes a longer time on Sammy N7000 Logo, just repress power button again for 7 secs and it will boot up.
Hope this helps anyone who suffered bootloops as I did.
Have you taken out the battery while Note was on? That's what causing bootloops, just rebooting not necessarily.
Will try and report...:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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on 13rd steep should I wipe data/factory reset or format data under mount and storage?
zai89 said:
Will try and report...:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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on 13rd steep should I wipe data/factory reset or format data under mount and storage?
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mount and storage mate..
the JB bootloader will help and are they missing in ur step?
arinsms said:
the JB bootloader will help and are they missing in ur step?
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its in step 5 - the official rom has the JB bootloader sbi.bin
though I'm crossing fingers that this will work for everyone, but i doubt....this is completely weird from any logical point of view (especially these 3 flashes in a row...what will be flashed on 2nd or 3rd attempt that wasn't flashed before??)...but hey...if it works, ok
Your forgot step 14: turn around yourself 3 times spitting every turn in your preferred direction.
Sorry but I have to ask: is this still a developer forum with a technical/scientifical approach for problems and solutions?
Superstition reigns...
AW: N7000 Official JB Bootloop - "3x Bombardment Odin Flash" simply works!!
If I would have the bootloop problem (actually I never faced any) I would definitely give this a try. Superstition or not, doesn't matter if it solces the problem, right?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
ThaiDai said:
Your forgot step 14: turn around yourself 3 times spitting every turn in your preferred direction.
Sorry but I have to ask: is this still a developer forum with a technical/scientifical approach for problems and solutions?
Superstition reigns...
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This is really silly of you. We are all trying to figure out a solution even if a temporary one which might help hundreds if not thousands who are trying to use their phones promptly and who regret buying this n7000 with the famous ics brick bug and now the unstable jb roms which are OFFICIAL SAMSUMG RELEASES.
To all, there really should be a 'counter' somewhere, which explains the 'every other restart' that succeeds and does not cause the n7000 to get stuck.
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essentially we are just ensuring the new image sticks
coz there may not be a way to verify which bootloader we actually have even after first flash
ThaiDai said:
Your forgot step 14: turn around yourself 3 times spitting every turn in your preferred direction.
Sorry but I have to ask: is this still a developer forum with a technical/scientifical approach for problems and solutions?
Superstition reigns...
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Shame on you... We may not know what's behind doing it but it works. I hope you will get this broplem so that you will swallow your saliva back.
I'm not ashamed and I do not feel silly because of my statement.
It's only my point of view and so I still think this is ridiculous.
If any member is positive about the results my comments never will change it.
But that won't stop me from commenting when rationality moves to the far side of the moon.
I don't know if it works; installing the bootloader seems to work too to avoid soft reboot bootloops. But when I take out the battery while the Note is on I get the bootloop.
J, have you taken out the battery to test if it works? That's what I'm interested in right now.
Why does anyone take there battery out while the phone is on!? Can one magically change the batteries without switching off the phone?
dio62000 said:
I don't know if it works; installing the bootloader seems to work too to avoid soft reboot bootloops. But when I take out the battery while the Note is on I get the bootloop.
J, have you taken out the battery to test if it works? That's what I'm interested in right now.
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Ues, I have just done that replacing my stock battery with my 5000mAh, and it has worked just fine.
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Sometimes you need to take your battery out, e.g. when you have a crash and nothing responds to buttons or touch anymore. I won´t happen too often, but once is enough to get really annoyed, because this always happens when you least expect it.
dio62000 said:
I don't know if it works; installing the bootloader seems to work too to avoid soft reboot bootloops. But when I take out the battery while the Note is on I get the bootloop.
J, have you taken out the battery to test if it works? That's what I'm interested in right now.
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Yes, I have just done that replacing my stock battery with my 5000mAh and it has worked just fine.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
Ok, so you didn´t first shut off the phone, you took out the battery while it was still on? Now that may be interesting...
dio62000 said:
Sometimes you need to take your battery out, e.g. when you have a crash and nothing responds to buttons or touch anymore. I won´t happen too often, but once is enough to get really annoyed, because this always happens when you least expect it.
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If a system freeze occurs, you don't have to pull the battery. You can long-press the power button and voila, reboob™ takes place!
How do you guys call this... soft reboot, soft reset...?

[Q] Flashed custom ROM, can't boot past battery charging icon

Hey folks,
So I've been fiddling with a few custom ROMs trying to find a stock Android ROM that doesn't drain my battery like crazy. I was quite excited about the one found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341026&highlight=i337
But while it flashes successfully and the battery icon switches from the stock Samsung one to the AOSP one, for whatever reason long-holding the power button boots only to the Samsung battery icon again before it switches back to the AOSP. I can still boot into recovery and switch ROMs, restore, etc., but for whatever reason I can't even boot to the Samsung logo with this ROM.
Is there any specific reason as to why this might happen, and anything I can do short of just trying another ROM?
Thanks.
Also it seems like every time I install a GPE ROM, as soon as I boot the phone and login, Google Play starts IMMEDIATELY downloading and installing all my old apps without me even asking it to. I literally can't stop it unless I force stop and disable Android Download Manager.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
Gentle bump.
cleanup said:
Also it seems like every time I install a GPE ROM, as soon as I boot the phone and login, Google Play starts IMMEDIATELY downloading and installing all my old apps without me even asking it to. I literally can't stop it unless I force stop and disable Android Download Manager.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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The reason why that happens is because you signed in to the play stir upon booting up your rom.. When you do that it restores all your apps and stuff...
Sent From My BeastS4
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cleanup said:
Hey folks,
So I've been fiddling with a few custom ROMs trying to find a stock Android ROM that doesn't drain my battery like crazy. I was quite excited about the one found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341026&highlight=i337
But while it flashes successfully and the battery icon switches from the stock Samsung one to the AOSP one, for whatever reason long-holding the power button boots only to the Samsung battery icon again before it switches back to the AOSP. I can still boot into recovery and switch ROMs, restore, etc., but for whatever reason I can't even boot to the Samsung logo with this ROM.
Is there any specific reason as to why this might happen, and anything I can do short of just trying another ROM?
Thanks.
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I don't understand this part...
Sent From My BeastS4
cleanup said:
Hey folks,
So I've been fiddling with a few custom ROMs trying to find a stock Android ROM that doesn't drain my battery like crazy. I was quite excited about the one found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341026&highlight=i337
But while it flashes successfully and the battery icon switches from the stock Samsung one to the AOSP one, for whatever reason long-holding the power button boots only to the Samsung battery icon again before it switches back to the AOSP. I can still boot into recovery and switch ROMs, restore, etc., but for whatever reason I can't even boot to the Samsung logo with this ROM.
Is there any specific reason as to why this might happen, and anything I can do short of just trying another ROM?
Thanks.
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You may have downloaded a corrupted version. Try dowloading again and flashing. My also need latest recovery for 4.3 ROMs to work
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cleanup said:
Also it seems like every time I install a GPE ROM, as soon as I boot the phone and login, Google Play starts IMMEDIATELY downloading and installing all my old apps without me even asking it to. I literally can't stop it unless I force stop and disable Android Download Manager.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance.
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Just go into Play, My Apps and manually stop it downloading there. Shouldn't start up again for that installation.

[Q] Rebooting after flashing Rom

Hi,
I have been trying to flash few roms. I constantly do though. Last rom I was on, I found that the battery drained very quickly and it keeps changing its stats in a random way.
I decided to flash new roms, and since, I flash the rom, and then the phone turns off by itself. I tried few different kernels "of course the right ones", and some seem to help for few more minutes, but that is not the case.
I tried to flash the latest version of "FOXHOUND ROM' for the i9505, and it would show the boot animation and then turns off instead of starting the phone. Tried to wipe cache and all the stuff, and still the problem persisted. Could it be a bad battery all of the sudden?
matteosaeed said:
Hi,
I have been trying to flash few roms. I constantly do though. Last rom I was on, I found that the battery drained very quickly and it keeps changing its stats in a random way.
I decided to flash new roms, and since, I flash the rom, and then the phone turns off by itself. I tried few different kernels "of course the right ones", and some seem to help for few more minutes, but that is not the case.
I tried to flash the latest version of "FOXHOUND ROM' for the i9505, and it would show the boot animation and then turns off instead of starting the phone. Tried to wipe cache and all the stuff, and still the problem persisted. Could it be a bad battery all of the sudden?
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Go back to stock first, and check if that has the same problems...
matteosaeed said:
Hi,
I have been trying to flash few roms. I constantly do though. Last rom I was on, I found that the battery drained very quickly and it keeps changing its stats in a random way.
I decided to flash new roms, and since, I flash the rom, and then the phone turns off by itself. I tried few different kernels "of course the right ones", and some seem to help for few more minutes, but that is not the case.
I tried to flash the latest version of "FOXHOUND ROM' for the i9505, and it would show the boot animation and then turns off instead of starting the phone. Tried to wipe cache and all the stuff, and still the problem persisted. Could it be a bad battery all of the sudden?
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For some reason I have tried this a lot on my old phone... Some kernels worked for mine and others not... While it should..
Flash stock and see... Keep stock kernel and flash rom, if no problems then try new kernel... If problem returns then flash stock kernel again
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DenmarkRootN00b said:
For some reason I have tried this a lot on my old phone... Some kernels worked for mine and others not... While it should..
Flash stock and see... Keep stock kernel and flash rom, if no problems then try new kernel... If problem returns then flash stock kernel again
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the tip. I tried that as well, but Unfortunately, the same problem. I don't have a problem what so ever when I am using the phone while it is charging or plugged in, but as soon as I take it out, and even if it is full, it shuts off, tries to turn back on and it wouldn't, it keeps rebooting, once i plug the charger in it, it would stay on.
That tells me either:
The Battery is bad!
Or
There might be a circuit problem with the phone sucking power out of the battery!

[Q] How long for first boot after flashing rom???

Hi there,
I really hope I haven't ruined my son's Galaxy Y.
I've followed all the instructions from several different threads and have just "flashed" an new rom (Cyanogenmod 7) onto it and I'm now sitting here with it switched on but only the front screen (saying Samsung Galaxy). It's been like it for 10 minutes. Should it take this long??
Feeling a bit sick that I've ruined his phone for him rather than making it better.
J
yellowplanet said:
Hi there,
I really hope I haven't ruined my son's Galaxy Y.
I've followed all the instructions from several different threads and have just "flashed" an new rom (Cyanogenmod 7) onto it and I'm now sitting here with it switched on but only the front screen (saying Samsung Galaxy). It's been like it for 10 minutes. Should it take this long??
Feeling a bit sick that I've ruined his phone for him rather than making it better.
J
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It usually you get a bootloop . Flash via odin and try to reflash the rom
GalKill said:
It usually you get a bootloop . Flash via odin and try to reflash the rom
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Do you know a good ODIN set of instructions I can follow?
can I use odin if the phone is in this state? Does it work from the laptop?
yellowplanet said:
can I use odin if the phone is in this state? Does it work from the laptop?
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You can still enter download mode by pulling out the battery and hold volume down and home and power button
Here the link to firmware : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
Credits to marcussmith2626
what do you mean pull out the battery? Do you mean take it out and then put it back in again?
yellowplanet said:
what do you mean pull out the battery? Do you mean take it out and then put it back in again?
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Yes. Because in bootloop you can't turn off your phone, isn't it?
trying to install drivers now. I'm so annoyed with myself for trying to do this
now it wont recognise it by usb even though i've installed the drivers!
yellowplanet said:
Hi there,
I really hope I haven't ruined my son's Galaxy Y.
I've followed all the instructions from several different threads and have just "flashed" an new rom (Cyanogenmod 7) onto it and I'm now sitting here with it switched on but only the front screen (saying Samsung Galaxy). It's been like it for 10 minutes. Should it take this long??
Feeling a bit sick that I've ruined his phone for him rather than making it better.
J
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Just flash the stock rom via odin and your phone will be fine , then u can relax and look for a good custom rom and check what went wrong when you flashed the cm7
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yellowplanet said:
now it wont recognise it by usb even though i've installed the drivers!
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Just remove the battery , restart you laptop and try again ..
Watch this for more info : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SGqQl321RE
it might have worked!!!!
ok, so i managed to get it to install back to factory settings using odin. now i know that works, do I simply use odin to flash a new rom or do i need to do other things first?
well i thought everything was back to normal but its now doing a software update and seems to be stuck at 86%
oh actually its moving again now
yellowplanet said:
ok, so i managed to get it to install back to factory settings using odin. now i know that works, do I simply use odin to flash a new rom or do i need to do other things first?
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U cant flash a custom rom like that from odin , Follow instructions correctly in the rom's description that u are trying to flash.
Hit thanks if i helped
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yellowplanet said:
well i thought everything was back to normal but its now doing a software update and seems to be stuck at 86%
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What software update? OTA? the one u do direrly from ur phone? I dont see why u need to do that if ur gonna flash a custom rom.. since now its stuck just be patient and wait if it dont work den try to remove d battery and reboot..
What rom are you trying to flash??
original reason for trying to do this was because the internal memory on this phone is awfully low. I was going to try to allocate some of the sdcard to it.
Having never done anything like this before I've had to read through lots of different threads to try to feel confident enough to try.
yellowplanet said:
original reason for trying to do this was because the internal memory on this phone is awfully low. I was going to try to allocate some of the sdcard to it.
Having never done anything like this before I've had to read through lots of different threads to try to feel confident enough to try.
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Stock Rom is always be the best one
Btw, I never get same problem like you when flashing
but i'd like to get rid of all the unwanted apps from the stock rom
yellowplanet said:
but i'd like to get rid of all the unwanted apps from the stock rom
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Use rom toolbox pro (paid) in playstore to uninstall unwanted system apps. But, don't try to uninstall apps that you don't know what it used for
yellowplanet said:
but i'd like to get rid of all the unwanted apps from the stock rom
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install link2sd (playstore)
you can use that app to uninstall system apps[
note to uninstall system apps you need to be rooted
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yellowplanet said:
Hi there,
I really hope I haven't ruined my son's Galaxy Y.
I've followed all the instructions from several different threads and have just "flashed" an new rom (Cyanogenmod 7) onto it and I'm now sitting here with it switched on but only the front screen (saying Samsung Galaxy). It's been like it for 10 minutes. Should it take this long??
Feeling a bit sick that I've ruined his phone for him rather than making it better.
J
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did you convert your system to ext and install the common kernel for cm7?
if you just flashed the rom it wont boot without doing the above
cyanogenmod roms (cm7/9/10/11 etc) require you to be on an ext system partition
stock roms use rfs partition so you need to convert your system partition to ext
you also need a kernel that can boot ext partitions (stock kernel can only boot rfs)
therefore you also need to flash Bieltv.3 kernel
my instructions for installing cm7 are
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50907846&postcount=25
and the meta-inf folder mentioned you can download from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50908670&postcount=27
if all else fails simply flash stock rom via odin which links to the firmware and guide are in my signature

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