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CM9 w/ OpenGL flashing problems

I've been flashing eyballer's OpenGL nightlies (to emmc) for the past few weeks with no problems. However, 20120307 is the last one that successfully flashes for me.
EDIT: I just tried 20120308 and it does flash successfully. Will try 0309 to see if it works now...
EDIT2: Nope, flashing 0309 or 0310 after a successful 0308 flash and test still doesn't work. Everything below still applies. Feck!
0309 and 0310 (I skipped 0308) both produce the following results.
Download the ROM
Verify checksum
Replace services.jar with mateorod's updated services.jar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508481)
Copy the ROM over to my SD card using TerraCopy which runs a CRC check on the copied file afterward
Reboot into CWM
Wipe cache and davlik cache
Install ROM
Install bootanimation fix zip
Install latest GApps from goo-inside (0304 checksum verified)
Install telephony fix
Reboot
Boot animation starts and runs for maybe 2 minutes
Everything is good to this point, just like it has been for weeks.
Once the animation stops I get the Android is upgrading... message BUT rather than it showing progress of each app updates (x of xxx) it simply says OK and has the spinning wheel. After about 30 seconds OK changes to Wait.
A few seconds later message pops up that says
Text actions
Low on space
Clear default in Home Settings > Applications > Manage applications <-- this is a button I can click which simply closes the message.
I click the message so that it closes and I have a the CM9 lock screen or to the home screen once I've unlocked. Either way I can't determine what it is that it's asking me to clear really...
That same low space message keeps popping up. The menubar and soft buttons do not load, but the App drawer button and search bar are preset at the top. I can open the App drawer and launch various apps that way. All while having the low space message pop up every 10 or 15 seconds OR immediately if I run an app that attempts to look at storage.
EDIT3: It appears that the SD card isn't mounting whenever I'm attempting to run 0309 or 0310. Yet it DOES mount with any nightlie earlier than 0308 as well as stock 1.4.1. It mounts in recovery too. What changed in 0309 going forward??
So here are the things I've tried.
Restored nandroid backup of 20120307. Works just like it always has.
Completely wiped and installed 20120307 fresh, along with 0304 Gapps, bootanimation fix, telephony fix, etc. Worked like a charm.
Repartitioned emmc; trying 5Gb data and 1GB data both to see if that might have an impact on 0309 installing properly. Nope!
I've tried repairing permissions after a 0309 install
I've verified that yes, there IS enough space on internal storage (~450MB of 5GB used)
I've installed 0309 and 0310 without replacing the new services.jar file
I've installed 0309 and 0310 only - no other zips such as GApps, bootanimation fix, etc.
I've booted without my SD card inserted to eliminate it as a potential cause
Completely wiped the Nook and reloaded stock 1.4.1, re-rooted it, flashed CWM and attempted 0309 and 0310. No effin' luck!
I simply can not get any of the new OpenGL builds to flash properly, yet others here are able to and no one else has reported the problem I've been having. The best I can do is to restore 0307 from nandroid backup or to install 0307 fresh.
Anyone have any idea what's going on and/or what I can try next?

slickie88 said:
I've been flashing eyballer's OpenGL nightlies (to emmc) for the past few weeks with no problems. However, 20120307 is the last one that successfully flashes for me.
EDIT: I just tried 20120308 and it does flash successfully. Will try 0309 to see if it works now...
EDIT2: Nope, flashing 0309 or 0310 after a successful 0308 flash and test still doesn't work. Everything below still applies. Feck!
0309 and 0310 (I skipped 0308) both produce the following results.
Download the ROM
Verify checksum
Replace services.jar with mateorod's updated services.jar (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508481)
Copy the ROM over to my SD card using TerraCopy which runs a CRC check on the copied file afterward
Reboot into CWM
Wipe cache and davlik cache
Install ROM
Install bootanimation fix zip
Install latest GApps from goo-inside (0304 checksum verified)
Install telephony fix
Reboot
Boot animation starts and runs for maybe 2 minutes
Everything is good to this point, just like it has been for weeks.
Once the animation stops I get the Android is upgrading... message BUT rather than it showing progress of each app updates (x of xxx) it simply says OK and has the spinning wheel. After about 30 seconds OK changes to Wait.
A few seconds later message pops up that says
Text actions
Low on space
Clear default in Home Settings > Applications > Manage applications <-- this is a button I can click which simply closes the message.
I click the message so that it closes and I have a the CM9 lock screen or to the home screen once I've unlocked. Either way I can't determine what it is that it's asking me to clear really...
That same low space message keeps popping up. The menubar and soft buttons do not load, but the App drawer button and search bar are preset at the top. I can open the App drawer and launch various apps that way. All while having the low space message pop up every 10 or 15 seconds OR immediately if I run an app that attempts to look at storage.
EDIT3: It appears that the SD card isn't mounting whenever I'm attempting to run 0309 or 0310. Yet it DOES mount with any nightlie earlier than 0308 as well as stock 1.4.1. It mounts in recovery too. What changed in 0309 going forward??
So here are the things I've tried.
Restored nandroid backup of 20120307. Works just like it always has.
Completely wiped and installed 20120307 fresh, along with 0304 Gapps, bootanimation fix, telephony fix, etc. Worked like a charm.
Repartitioned emmc; trying 5Gb data and 1GB data both to see if that might have an impact on 0309 installing properly. Nope!
I've tried repairing permissions after a 0309 install
I've verified that yes, there IS enough space on internal storage (~450MB of 5GB used)
I've installed 0309 and 0310 without replacing the new services.jar file
I've installed 0309 and 0310 only - no other zips such as GApps, bootanimation fix, etc.
I've booted without my SD card inserted to eliminate it as a potential cause
Completely wiped the Nook and reloaded stock 1.4.1, re-rooted it, flashed CWM and attempted 0309 and 0310. No effin' luck!
I simply can not get any of the new OpenGL builds to flash properly, yet others here are able to and no one else has reported the problem I've been having. The best I can do is to restore 0307 from nandroid backup or to install 0307 fresh.
Anyone have any idea what's going on and/or what I can try next?
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It sounds to me like it is asking you to clear the defaults on a specific app, hence telling you to go to applications. I would suspect SystemUI since it is the one crashing. That's why you have no soft buttons. If you can do it look at that app in the settings and see if there is data or defaults that can be cleared.
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

Thanks for the suggestion. As it stands right now when I go into Apps and attempt to view All, it reboots (to the boot animation, not the boot loader); sometimes before displaying any apps, sometimes after it's loaded the list. In either case any time I attempt to click on anything once I'm viewing Apps, I get a reboot.

slickie88 said:
Thanks for the suggestion. As it stands right now when I go into Apps and attempt to view All, it reboots (to the boot animation, not the boot loader); sometimes before displaying any apps, sometimes after it's loaded the list. In either case any time I attempt to click on anything once I'm viewing Apps, I get a reboot.
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I can't tell from your first post. Did you try installing fresh after wiping data? It sounds like something got borked there. I know you lose all settings, but it may be your only solution.

leapinlar said:
I can't tell from your first post. Did you try installing fresh after wiping data? It sounds like something got borked there. I know you lose all settings, but it may be your only solution.
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Yes, I've wiped data more times than I can count in the past 2.5 days.
I even went to the extreme of repartitioning my emmc storage - went from 1GB data to 5GB data. Obviously you have to format after repartitioning. I've also restored stock and then re-rooted and flashed everything fresh. This NC has been completely flattened and rebuilt.

slickie88 said:
Yes, I've wiped data more times than I can count in the past 2.5 days.
I even went to the extreme of repartitioning my emmc storage - went from 1GB data to 5GB data. Obviously you have to format after repartitioning. I've also restored stock and then re-rooted and flashed everything fresh. This NC has been completely flattened and rebuilt.
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But did you restore before reflashing. You left it wiped?

leapinlar said:
But did you restore before reflashing. You left it wiped?
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Restore a nandoid backup prior to flashing 0309 or 0310? If that's what you're asking, then yes. I've done that multiple times. I can restore my 0307 backup and it runs perfectly. I can wipe data/cache and attempt a fresh install of 0309 or 0310 and it isn't mounting my SD card. My SD card mounts fine with previous CM9 builds, current Mirage 7.2 builds and stock, not-rooted.
I guess the next step is to reformat the SD card.

slickie88 said:
Restore a nandoid backup prior to flashing 0309 or 0310? If that's what you're asking, then yes. I've done that multiple times. I can restore my 0307 backup and it runs perfectly. I can wipe data/cache and attempt a fresh install of 0309 or 0310 and it isn't mounting my SD card. My SD card mounts fine with previous CM9 builds, current Mirage 7.2 builds and stock, not-rooted.
I guess the next step is to reformat the SD card.
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No, I meant flashing 3/10 right after wiping /data, but my guess is that you tried that. Is mounting the SD the only issue after installing fresh? No systemui crashing?
Sent from my Nook Color running ICS and Tapatalk

Yes, I've attempted to flash 0309 fresh after a complete wipe without first restoring a backup and also immediately after coming from 100% stock.
The SD card, which appears to function as it ought to with every other build or ROM, is the only thing I haven't yet worked with. It just doesn't make sense that new builds can't mount it unless something changed in those builds. Then again, no one else is seeing this.
EDIT: Beyond the No space pop-up message that keeps spamming me in 0309 and 0310, there's no messages about crashing at all.
/scratching head

slickie88 said:
Yes, I've attempted to flash 0309 fresh after a complete wipe without first restoring a backup and also immediately after coming from 100% stock.
The SD card, which appears to function as it ought to with every other build or ROM, is the only thing I haven't yet worked with. It just doesn't make sense that new builds can't mount it unless something changed in those builds. Then again, no one else is seeing this.
/scratching head
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Try 3/10 fresh (w/o the modded services.jar, it is broken on 3/10). It has been significantly updated. Many things changed.

Sorry. I meant to state that I've done both fresh. Yesterday I simply thought that the problem was with the 0309 build. I spent hours working different flashing scenarios. Installed over 0307/fresh/repartioned/restored-to-stock/with services.jar and without it/with GApps and without. I finally gave up and hoped that 0310 would fix whatever was apparently broken with 0309.
I've tried all of the same today with 0310. Just got through creating a backup image of my SD card and am about to flatten it and see if that helps.
/crosses fingers...

leapinlar said:
Try 3/10 fresh (w/o the modded services.jar, it is broken on 3/10). It has been significantly updated. Many things changed.
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Yeah, I read about the services/jar issue and stopped using that both with the 0309 build yesterday and with the 0310 build today.

Well screw me. Wiping data/cache and installing 0310 without anything else - no GApps, not bootanimationfix, nothing - along with a freshly formatted SD card and it still will not flash properly.
I'm so done with nightlies for a while. Back to Mirage.
Thanks for the help, leapinlar.

slickie88 said:
- along with a freshly formatted SD card and it still will not flash properly.
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I'm not sure what you mean "flash properly". You mean it will not install the nightly to emmc?

Meaning that the ROM doesn't run properly as stated in my OP. It does flash successfully... Sorry for the confusion.
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I JUST installed the 0310 KANG nightly with OpenGL, and it booted up fine, albeit I had to flash it totally unmodded and with EVERYTHING except /boot wiped. Getting my apps set back up now, its running fine so far.

Restoring CWM backup leads to splash loop

I'm using: NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.4
Something went wrong on my phone so I decided to restore a backup. I had one from 2 weeks ago. After the restore completed, I rebooted my phone. It was stuck on the ROM splash screen and never got past that. I left it running for 20 minutes. I tried clearing /cache and dalvik-cache, with no luck. If I format /data then it works, but then of course all my data is gone.
Luckily I had a previous backup which did work.
I'm nervous about nandroid backup/restore. Can I trust it? It only happened for this particular backup, but why would it happen at all? There were no MD5 sum errors at all.
Any advice would be useful.

frostinide said:
I'm using: NexusHD2-ICS-4.0.4-CM9-HWA V2.4
Something went wrong on my phone so I decided to restore a backup. I had one from 2 weeks ago. After the restore completed, I rebooted my phone. It was stuck on the ROM splash screen and never got past that. I left it running for 20 minutes. I tried clearing /cache and dalvik-cache, with no luck. If I format /data then it works, but then of course all my data is gone.
Luckily I had a previous backup which did work.
I'm nervous about nandroid backup/restore. Can I trust it? It only happened for this particular backup, but why would it happen at all? There were no MD5 sum errors at all.
Any advice would be useful.
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I've had an issue only once with CWM backup where my data from the ROM was lost but the ROM itself flashed fine. I suspect though that I actually had to reboot a few times more before giving up so quickly, because somehow the wallpaper was still kept and I've found on occasion that my data from a ROM restore/update slowly comes back after a few reboots. Anyway, as for your issue, did you change partition sizes between the time you made a backup and when you tried to restore it? I'm using NexusHD2 and I know that the required partition sizes have changed quite a lot between the ROMs.

Nigeldg said:
I've had an issue only once with CWM backup where my data from the ROM was lost but the ROM itself flashed fine. I suspect though that I actually had to reboot a few times more before giving up so quickly, because somehow the wallpaper was still kept and I've found on occasion that my data from a ROM restore/update slowly comes back after a few reboots. Anyway, as for your issue, did you change partition sizes between the time you made a backup and when you tried to restore it? I'm using NexusHD2 and I know that the required partition sizes have changed quite a lot between the ROMs.
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I did not change the partition size at all. The backup before this one worked fine, so it can't be that. I also just did a new backup of today, and restored it. It worked at the first boot and didn't take extra time. I then tried restoring the broken backup again but ONLY data, and again I got a splash screen loop. I doubt multiple reboots will help, but I did try that.
I have an urge to mount the data backup and slowly take out folders until I find out the cause. If not for anything else, just out of my own curiosity.

Nigeldg said:
I've had an issue only once with CWM backup where my data from the ROM was lost but the ROM itself flashed fine. I suspect though that I actually had to reboot a few times more before giving up so quickly, because somehow the wallpaper was still kept and I've found on occasion that my data from a ROM restore/update slowly comes back after a few reboots. Anyway, as for your issue, did you change partition sizes between the time you made a backup and when you tried to restore it? I'm using NexusHD2 and I know that the required partition sizes have changed quite a lot between the ROMs.
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I am facing exactly the same problems...
In same cases i got bootloops when restoring a Backup, in other cases i can boot after restoring but then my data is gone and i am asked to configurate my phone again with the wizard...
I never tried to boot several times if the data comes after some tries...
Btw I also didn't change the partitions...is it possible that it has something 2 do with link2sd?

In that case (@OP) I'm guessing its just a broken backup. This is why I always use Titanium as well. It takes up less space and you can restore it on almost any ROM.
Sent from my NexusHD2

Are you using an A2SD script? or do you have an ext partition?
You may have resized it, you can also try formatting it.

Nigeldg said:
I've had an issue only once with CWM backup where my data from the ROM was lost but the ROM itself flashed fine. I suspect though that I actually had to reboot a few times more before giving up so quickly, because somehow the wallpaper was still kept and I've found on occasion that my data from a ROM restore/update slowly comes back after a few reboots. Anyway, as for your issue, did you change partition sizes between the time you made a backup and when you tried to restore it? I'm using NexusHD2 and I know that the required partition sizes have changed quite a lot between the ROMs.
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Marvlesz said:
Are you using an A2SD script? or do you have an ext partition?
You may have resized it, you can also try formatting it.
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I use Link2SD, i have ext4....i didn't change anything in the SD Card Layout since first install of the Rom and updated several times without any problem...

[Help Needed] Apps won't restore or install after flashing rom [SOLVED!]

Well, my first venture into rom flashing hasn't been the most successful one as it's caused a really strange issue that a couple people on another thread have tried to help me solve, but I figure I had hijacked that thread long enough so this issue deserved it's own thread.
I rooted, unlocked bootloader, and installed TWRP v2.4.0.0 on Stock Android 4.1.1. Everything worked great. Until I flashed a rom. Now, I have been through wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, Flashing the rom (I've tried 4 with the same exact issue), flashing Gapps... All seems to go well and it says "success" when I flash, and I reboot into system. Run the setup of Google. Everything seems great and working fine. Here's where the problem is. When Google Play Store starts downloading for restore, and I'm on a solid wifi connection, nothing downloads. I have also tried stopping the downloads and installing apps individually. When I do that, I receive the same error message over and over for any app:
Unknown error code during application install: "-24"
I've rebooted, wiped cache, dalvik cache. Nothing installs. Same error. I did somehow, some way, get Titanium backup to install after numerous tries... when I try to restore any of that backup it just hangs on the first app. It does not restore anything. No batch apps. No single apps. No app data.
The odd thing is, the first time I flashed a rom, it seemed to load up fine. Stupidly, when I was running Titanium Backup for a restore I was not paying attention to what I was restoring. I was restoring all apps and app data... It caused an issue and a bunch of force closes, as you can probably imagine. So I rebooted into recovery and wiped and reinstalled rom and gapps. And virtually nothing has installed since. I have wiped and reinstalled AOKP, PACman, Carbon, and CM to no avail. Nothing seems to solve my issue. I'd love to at the very least be able to regularly install apps from the Play Store. At this point I'm not even concerned with restoring app data if that's too much to ask. I just want to be able to use my phone normally again as this is my "daily driver". If I have to go back to 4.1.1, that would be fine with me. I just want to get back to normal. And I'll do whatever it takes to get there. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Here is the original thread that some people have been giving me great advice on as to what to do, but none of it has fixed the issue yet unfortunately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341470

Jersey846 said:
Well, my first venture into rom flashing hasn't been the most successful one as it's caused a really strange issue that a couple people on another thread have tried to help me solve, but I figure I had hijacked that thread long enough so this issue deserved it's own thread.
I rooted, unlocked bootloader, and installed TWRP v2.4.0.0 on Stock Android 4.1.1. Everything worked great. Until I flashed a rom. Now, I have been through wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, Factory Reset, Flashing the rom (I've tried 4 with the same exact issue), flashing Gapps... All seems to go well and it says "success" when I flash, and I reboot into system. Run the setup of Google. Everything seems great and working fine. Here's where the problem is. When Google Play Store starts downloading for restore, and I'm on a solid wifi connection, nothing downloads. I have also tried stopping the downloads and installing apps individually. When I do that, I receive the same error message over and over for any app:
Unknown error code during application install: "-24"
I've rebooted, wiped cache, dalvik cache. Nothing installs. Same error. I did somehow, some way, get Titanium backup to install after numerous tries... when I try to restore any of that backup it just hangs on the first app. It does not restore anything. No batch apps. No single apps. No app data.
The odd thing is, the first time I flashed a rom, it seemed to load up fine. Stupidly, when I was running Titanium Backup for a restore I was not paying attention to what I was restoring. I was restoring all apps and app data... It caused an issue and a bunch of force closes, as you can probably imagine. So I rebooted into recovery and wiped and reinstalled rom and gapps. And virtually nothing has installed since. I have wiped and reinstalled AOKP, PACman, Carbon, and CM to no avail. Nothing seems to solve my issue. I'd love to at the very least be able to regularly install apps from the Play Store. At this point I'm not even concerned with restoring app data if that's too much to ask. I just want to be able to use my phone normally again as this is my "daily driver". If I have to go back to 4.1.1, that would be fine with me. I just want to get back to normal. And I'll do whatever it takes to get there. Any help at all would be appreciated.
Here is the original thread that some people have been giving me great advice on as to what to do, but none of it has fixed the issue yet unfortunately:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341470
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2 suggestions:
1) i think others have reported having issues with TWRP 2.4, so try 2.5 or 2.3.2.3
2) I think the error could be a lack of internal storage, so certainly try the "wipe internal storage" in TWRP (after making sure that your ROM/GApp files, backups (including Tibu) are saved to your external folder

jco23 said:
2 suggestions:
1) i think others have reported having issues with TWRP 2.4, so try 2.5 or 2.3.2.3
2) I think the error could be a lack of internal storage, so certainly try the "wipe internal storage" in TWRP (after making sure that your ROM/GApp files, backups (including Tibu) are saved to your external folder
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Ok giving this a shot. I did notice that you had mentioned a different version of TWRP than I had. I will try the wiping internal storage before I install a different TWRP then if that doesn't work, TWRP. Gotta find the external folder. Unless you just mean anything that is on the actual SD card.

Jersey846 said:
Ok giving this a shot. I did notice that you had mentioned a different version of TWRP than I had. I will try the wiping internal storage before I install a different TWRP then if that doesn't work, TWRP. Gotta find the external folder. Unless you just mean anything that is on the actual SD card.
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i would actually recommend installing TWRP 2.5 first.
never wipe external SD card.
if you have an app called Root Explorer, that works best.

jco23 said:
i would actually recommend installing TWRP 2.5 first.
never wipe external SD card.
if you have an app called Root Explorer, that works best.
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Ok I'll try 2.5 then. And I wasn't gonna wipe the card, just was wondering if when you said external folder you were talking about the SD card. Root explorer works great.. if i could install it.
EDIT: Since I am away from my computer, I tried the multiple wipe method. Didn't change anything. So I will be changing TWRP versions later and will post an update.

Jersey846 said:
Ok I'll try 2.5 then. And I wasn't gonna wipe the card, just was wondering if when you said external folder you were talking about the SD card. Root explorer works great.. if i could install it.
EDIT: Since I am away from my computer, I tried the multiple wipe method. Didn't change anything. So I will be changing TWRP versions later and will post an update.
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You never mentioned using TWRP 2.4. DEFINITELY replace that. Also, just a thought. If you haven't already done so, try using the option to fix permissions. I'm fairly sure its an option in TWRP.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium

Back in business! Wow thank you all so much! What a pain it's been but without the help I'd have never guessed how to get this running as perfectly as it is now. Here's what worked for me:
Installed TWRP 2.5 (Instead of what I had, 2.4)
Then followed jco23's precise directions:
jco23 said:
- I use TWRP 2.3.2.3 (SS has been uninstalled via it's own app, not Tibu or the system awhile ago) - but TWRP 2.5 works just fine for others
- after downloading the ROM and GApps (or any file that I intended to flash for that matter), I always place the file on the mnt/external1 directory. I
m not sure if this will make a difference, but I recall it being an issue back on my Droid Charge days
- after flashing the files, does TWRP say successful?
- perhaps you do need to a double wipe of everything prior to flashing:
1) mount everything
2) wipe cache
3) wipe dalvik cache
4) wipe system
5) factory reset/wipe data
6) wipe internal storage (if you do this, make sure to change your TiBu backup folder to your external1 directory, or this will be gone too!!!!! also make sure that the system backup you made is on the external1 directory as well
7) reboot recovery
8) install ROM
9) install GApps
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And it's working flawlessly. Able to download or restore anything from Gapps. Was able to restore some specific app data from Titanium Backup (did not want to ruin the phone again and do that full restore so I selected specific apps that I really wanted the data on).
Thanks to everyone who took the time to assist me and a special thanks to jco23 and netizenmt who were with me through this whole debacle, leading me through every possible fix they could think of. As for those of you that may be wondering which ROM I settled on... AOKP.

Good for you bro! That stinking TWRP 2.4.0 is such a menace! Wish there was a way to have it yanked from circulation. Glad you're up and running!
Sent from my Droid Razr M using xda premium

Jersey846 said:
Back in business! Wow thank you all so much! What a pain it's been but without the help I'd have never guessed how to get this running as perfectly as it is now. Here's what worked for me:
Installed TWRP 2.5 (Instead of what I had, 2.4)
Then followed jco23's precise directions:
And it's working flawlessly. Able to download or restore anything from Gapps. Was able to restore some specific app data from Titanium Backup (did not want to ruin the phone again and do that full restore so I selected specific apps that I really wanted the data on).
Thanks to everyone who took the time to assist me and a special thanks to jco23 and netizenmt who were with me through this whole debacle, leading me through every possible fix they could think of. As for those of you that may be wondering which ROM I settled on... AOKP.
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glad you finally got it working - this is just the first step in becoming a crack-flasher....

jco23 said:
glad you finally got it working - this is just the first step in becoming a crack-flasher....
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Yeah, I've got it bad. I have had CM 10.1, Slimbean, Carbon AND AOKP on my phone all in the last 2 days. Carbon is on it right now. No telling what will be on it by tonight.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium

netizenmt said:
Yeah, I've got it bad. I have had CM 10.1, Slimbean, Carbon AND AOKP on my phone all in the last 2 days. Carbon is on it right now. No telling what will be on it by tonight.
Sent from my XT907 using xda premium
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funny, and the goal is to find a ROM that you're happy with and don't need to flash.
but I've been on Carbon since 7/5, and very happy.

Not booting past Google logo

So I just tried to flash the newest PA build, and now my phone won't boot...suggestions?

shredder47 said:
So I just tried to flash the newest PA build, and now my phone won't boot...suggestions?
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are you coming from another rom, did you wipe data? redownload and try again? reflash your previous rom? restore a nandroid backup?

simms22 said:
are you coming from another rom, did you wipe data? redownload and try again? reflash your previous rom? restore a nandroid backup?
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I wiped data, and I don't have a previous ROM or nandroid to go back to, because I (stupidly) wiped EVERYTHING last night, and I've been working on fixing it since then .... I'm currently booted to recovery though, and I may just push a new ROM to it and try again
says my SD card is read only? trying to remount it as rw

I ended up having to reflash all the stock images...

could be worse.
keep a copy of your latest running rom/kernel/gapps in your storage, for just in case. thats my normal procedure, if you dont want to keep a nandroid backup in your storage, because of its size. but a nandroid backup would be ideal

Having the same issue. Tried installing new Carbon nightly (with factory reset) and didn't boot past Google logo. After that I restored my nandroid, which lasted for about a day or two. Today I started getting force closes and phone won't boot. Now I'm backing up everything (ADB rules ) and will try stock image.

Dont feel bad. When twrp updated I didn't notice wipe internal as I usually wipe all but USB in bottom but it was too late. I had swiped my finger and lost everything. Worse? My computer crashed. So RMA backordered so I bought new s2 for backup. I have to fix before sending back. But its not broken. All asurion does is push files and make sure it boots. They wipe everything. So I did most of the job for them lol. I feel stupid as I've never had a problem in four years. Bam I got too far comfy and forgot the twrp updated and had no idea what was added. I will just find a computer and fix or they will get a wiped device with twrp lol not that I think they will do anything as I've heard far worse but I did it so I'll pay if they mention.
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[Q] Warning TWRP factory reset will wipe your internal memory(Music, backups, photos)

I loved TWRP recovery, but then I did a factory reset. TWRP completely wiped my phone beyond what was needed and no I did not do a custom reset but the default one. I have a nexus 4 and the reset wiped all my data. Music, photos(even the nandroid backup that TWRP created!) CMW does NOT clean the internal data such as music and other folder, it leaves them. Why TWRP wipes it all is beyond me. Thank you for this great custom recovery however I lost a lot of data that cannot be ever replaced and lost hours and hours of time restoring everything since Titanium backups were deleted. This should not have happened. Have others experienced the same?

You probably selected internal memory by accident, I dont recognize the problem.

21plays said:
I loved TWRP recovery, but then I did a factory reset. TWRP completely wiped my phone beyond what was needed and no I did not do a custom reset but the default one. I have a nexus 4 and the reset wiped all my data. Music, photos(even the nandroid backup that TWRP created!) CMW does NOT clean the internal data such as music and other folder, it leaves them. Why TWRP wipes it all is beyond me. Thank you for this great custom recovery however I lost a lot of data that cannot be ever replaced and lost hours and hours of time restoring everything since Titanium backups were deleted. This should not have happened. Have others experienced the same?
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Choose "advanced wipe" then exactly which partition to wipe
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MasterLinuxer said:
Choose "advanced wipe" then exactly which partition to wipe
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First of all, I checked out their site and here is why I shouldn't have to do that. When reading this http://teamw.in/whattowipe Notice the quoted "These options are there for convenience. For instance, if you're getting ready to sell your device, then it's a good idea to wipe everything on the device so that the new owner doesn't get your private data."
I'm just saying that the standard wipe that TWRP provides should not delete my internal mem.

21plays said:
First of all, I checked out their site and here is why I shouldn't have to do that. When reading this http://teamw.in/whattowipe Notice the quoted "These options are there for convenience. For instance, if you're getting ready to sell your device, then it's a good idea to wipe everything on the device so that the new owner doesn't get your private data."
I'm just saying that the standard wipe that TWRP provides should not delete my internal mem.
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I do it all the time. The "standard wipe" has never wiped my internal memory. In fact, they've made it more difficult to accidentally wipe it than it used to be.

How come mine deletes
estallings15 said:
I do it all the time. The "standard wipe" has never wiped my internal memory. In fact, they've made it more difficult to accidentally wipe it than it used to be.
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Weird! Btw, when I do a standard wipe, it even gives me a warning of deleting something and blah(dont remember) Do you get that warning too?

21plays said:
Weird! Btw, when I do a standard wipe, it even gives me a warning of deleting something and blah(dont remember) Do you get that warning too?
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I believe so. Should be a standard confirmation message.

When I factory reset via TWRP my internal storage does not get wiped.
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Have done a factory reset three times last week through TWRP 2.6.0.0 and it always left /data/media alone. Maybe you accidentally toggled a full wipe?

Salty Wagyu said:
Have done a factory reset three times last week through TWRP 2.6.0.0 and it always left /data/media alone. Maybe you accidentally toggled a full wipe?
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Maybe, but i'm sure i just used the default wipe. Either way I am using CWM touch and dont have to worry about that. Thank you all for your support)

Just wiped my phone last night to install Paranoids latest. Using latest TWRP I selected wipe, it stated that it was a factory reset and showed everything that would be touched, afterwards I booted up and restored 5 different backups all from my internal storage so it didn't wipe it lol
You sure you selected the right thing?
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Well, I guess I did something wrong and it cost me big time. Maybe I will give TWRP another try, some other time, will definitely back everything to my pc or DB before I do
Thanks to all who replied
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I have the same problem with TWRP
I did a factory reset and it deleted my backup created with TWRP as well as the ROM I was about to flash along with everything else in the "virtual SD card". Maybe I am missing something since I am new to phones without an SD card.

No, I think you either did a Format DATA (which explain what it is and force you to type "yes" to continue) or you went in advance wipe and selected the Internal Storage to wipe. Factory Reset does not delete the internal memory.

eksasol said:
No, I think you either did a Format DATA (which explain what it is and force you to type "yes" to continue) or you went in advance wipe and selected the Internal Storage to wipe. Factory Reset does not delete the internal memory.
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You have no idea how much I love you and how stupid I feel right now. For some reason I wasn't seeing the swipe to factory reset and you made me realize that. Thanks for helping a noob.

I accidentally formatted my internal storage a before using Advance Wipe, I think they made it too easy to accidentally check the Internal Storage box. It usually goes something like this: F#$%@#$^@$#%^#$%@#%@#%!!!!!!

I also have wiped my entire phone, how on earth do i get it back online to install OS again?

CWM is better i think.
21plays said:
I loved TWRP recovery, but then I did a factory reset. TWRP completely wiped my phone beyond what was needed and no I did not do a custom reset but the default one. I have a nexus 4 and the reset wiped all my data. Music, photos(even the nandroid backup that TWRP created!) CMW does NOT clean the internal data such as music and other folder, it leaves them. Why TWRP wipes it all is beyond me. Thank you for this great custom recovery however I lost a lot of data that cannot be ever replaced and lost hours and hours of time restoring everything since Titanium backups were deleted. This should not have happened. Have others experienced the same?
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Yeah Man Happened to me too just now. Cryiing. Literally crying all my media gone awayyy.
I liked twrp more but now
I think cwm is better than twrp because of this format it did to me.

Cwm was good but it has not been updated for quite some time" while twrp continues to improve imho.

Well even i prefer cwm or philz from cm11 but people still love twrp.
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