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OK Hi. I've got a S5 (Again) now obviously I going to change the phone to a cyanogen (As that seems to be the best out there unless anybody can tell me differently)? Anyway, I think I have everything I need (TWRP, The google app store thing and the cyanogen rom itself) before I go ahead and install though should I be backing things up i.e. the imei so forth? I don't want the phone to go tits up and leave me bricked
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Hello, I rooted my handset yesterday following the tutorial on Android Forums, my Vodafone (UK) branded build is JDQ39.I9505XXUBMEA
I also installed CWM PhilZ Touch 5 (v6.0.3.7)
It works fine inside the OS but occasionally, when I restart the phone, it just hangs on the Samsung Mobile logo?
When that happens, I have to hold the power button then hold Up+Home and boot into PhilZ and then go to Reboot System Now and that restarts the phone mostly back into Android as normal.
Any ideas what the problem could be?
Good question. Haven't come accross something like that. I suggest flashing whatever ROM you want. It should get rid of your problem. If you still want a stable rom with all Samsung features, download Wanamlite 2.0 rom. It's a very good replacement for your stock rom. Or you can try Omege rom. It includes all samsung bloatware incl. S HEALTH etc.
Good luck and let us know! :thumbup:
Thanks for the quick reply.
I have used CWM to do a full data back up onto my SD card. As I'm new to rooting, is there a way I can restore that data onto a new rom so I don't have to keep setting up my phone completely? Even like, settings and shortcuts on the home screen etc?
Not really. What you can do is backup all your apps etsc with Titaniumbackup. With this you can restore all apps+data.
Setting up your phone isn't that bad considering its only settings.
Tha initial backup youve made through CWM is only a backup of your system. I dont think this includes all apps. I never revert to a previous rom. I prever a clean install to have the best rom exlerience without bugs etc.
If you try a new rom. And you dont like it at all(not likely) or for whatever reason you want to revert to you stock rom. You can restore it via CWM. Thats about the only reason why youve made that backup.
Good luck.
Oh yes, one more thing. Remember to press the Thanks button :thumbup:
Will that (Titanium) back up my apps exact settings as well? Say like my login details or custom settings I have changed within an app?
So the back up I made using CWM (which was complete data and apps and cache I think?) can restore my phone to exactly the instance when I pressed back up including the ROM?
To be honest, I'd be interested in the same Vodafone rom that's rooted so I can just use Titanium to freeze the bloatware, I've had a look at the recommended ROMs which have options to disable loads of Samsung bloatware but I use a lot of them...
So hello, i've got a D806, and installed CloudyG3 1.3 ROM and it worked like a charm.
So i went further and started tweaking this ROM and adding stuff, and reached the point where i wanted to place the G3's Keyboard due to its resize function. I ended founding Cloudyfa's G3 Ported Keyboard and i supposed it would work perfectly (Being both ROM and Keyboard from same developer), Yet, i went for the APK installation and opened it.
1- Loads up and shows my model (D806) perfectly
2- Backup current
3- Install New & Reboot
When i rebooted, the home wouldnt stop crashing (And therefore not starting up), and i managed to open the recent-apps window, wich resulted in the systemui crashing, and rebooting the phone. It ended up breaking the ROM (The phone never booted totally, it just kept with the LG startup icon moving endlessly) and i had to go into TWRP and Re-flash the ROM to fix back up everything. (When i could load up again the keyboard screen sensor was not good and i couldnt touch the bottom keys, so i restored the backup i did and it worked great back again).
I wanted this keyboard and i certainly dont want to go back throught all the steps of re-customizing my ROM back, so how can i make this with no risks (or the least possible)?
Geetz
HyPeXeLeD said:
So hello, i've got a D806, and installed CloudyG3 1.3 ROM and it worked like a charm.
So i went further and started tweaking this ROM and adding stuff, and reached the point where i wanted to place the G3's Keyboard due to its resize function. I ended founding Cloudyfa's G3 Ported Keyboard and i supposed it would work perfectly (Being both ROM and Keyboard from same developer), Yet, i went for the APK installation and opened it.
1- Loads up and shows my model (D806) perfectly
2- Backup current
3- Install New & Reboot
When i rebooted, the home wouldnt stop crashing (And therefore not starting up), and i managed to open the recent-apps window, wich resulted in the systemui crashing, and rebooting the phone. It ended up breaking the ROM (The phone never booted totally, it just kept with the LG startup icon moving endlessly) and i had to go into TWRP and Re-flash the ROM to fix back up everything. (When i could load up again the keyboard screen sensor was not good and i couldnt touch the bottom keys, so i restored the backup i did and it worked great back again).
I wanted this keyboard and i certainly dont want to go back throught all the steps of re-customizing my ROM back, so how can i make this with no risks (or the least possible)?
Geetz
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have you tried manually installing the files as suggested in the keyboard mod thread?
you have a backup so no harm in trying right?
Yeah ive got the backups.. i will try it when i feel ready to spend hours tweaking my phone again... (or i will backup 100% with twrp)
Yeah it's a pain when getting one thing to work means redoing everything else.
Best of luck.
I'm panicking like crazy right now because I was stupid enough to try and flash CM11 on my note 3, having no knowledge whatsoever about flashing. So, reading the "how to install" it said to wipe data, and I did. However, my backup is gone as well, and everything else except my pictures, numbers and messages. All apps are gone, even play store, and I think my root is gone as well. Excuse my poor English, I'm freaking out, what do I do? I cant even get my apps back, I cant restore data because the backup is gone, and I don't know what to do now. Is my phone broken? do I need to get a new one? Please help me :crying:
Wait, can you boot into CM11? If yes then your phone is not broken if no then please provide with more details, like why you think it is broken, so we can help you further
No you have not destroyed your phone.
You are missing play store because you havent flashed gapps, for CM11.
Download it from here
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Google_Apps
Copy the file to either the SD card or internal. Reboot to recovery and flash gapps
Or you could always just restore your handset by flashing a stock rom to it
Best regards
Hey everybody, I know the struggle of trying to get a new ROM to bring new life into your old M7 but all the Roms the gps doesn't work.
This never bothered me until Pokemon go came out lol, well there's an easy fix. Takes a little bit to make happen so have your phone charged and/or be by your charger.
Ok here it is..
You will need a copy of the HTC stock ROM and a copy of the new ROM you are looking to use.
Download the new ROM of your choosing and flash it via twrp.
Setup your ROM and get it how you like it. Once all that's done, go into twrp and make a backup of your new ROM.
Now it's time to wipe the ROM and factory reset via twrp.
Once that is complete, flash the stock ROM.
Now boot the stock ROM and grab some food and don't do this if you need your phone in the next half hour. After 10-20 minutes of the ROM setting itself up, turn on GPS and load Google maps.
Now some more waiting..
You need to let the app run and search for GPS with WI-FI off until it locks on to your location, which might take another 10 or so minutes.
Once you've locked onto your location, close the app. Wait a minute, open it back up and make sure it's got your location just to be safe.
OK! We're about 75% done!
Now reboot back into Twrp. All you do now is go into the restore option and restore the backup you originally made. Do not wipe/reset before you do this just go right to restore and restore the backup we made at the beginning of this post.
Voilà!!
Now reboot your phone, and the gps will work on the custom Rom your using.
I've tested this on the GPE M7 Rom as well as Cyanogen Mod.
Hi,
I have an old G2 which had lineageOS on it, and I wanted to go completely google free and uninstall google play services and stuff, but it seemed my device wasn't rooted (by checking for # in a terminal). I'm completely new to rooting and flashing and everything. Basically I decided I was going to ignore the fact that my brother had already changed things on the phone and I was just going to try and follow a guide to root it and then put whatever ROM I wanted on. Apparently my phone was encrypted, and this needed to be changed before I could do anything so I tried to do a factory reset. When I did this, I ended up in TWRP, which is apparently installed and tried to do a factory reset in that. It prompted me to install Super User or something which seemed like an easy way to root so I said yes. The problem is, the phone never loads. I left it for a good 2 hours to do the factory reset, then it seemed it was not doing anything so I restarted and messed around more. The result is, it is just stuck looking like it's loading up (I assume that's called a bootloop).
So my question is how can I get this phone back into usable condition, I'm not fussed about finishing what I started necessarily, I just need a usable phone. There seems to be good news in that I can access TWRP (v2.8.6.1), which I guess would be useful if I knew how to use it.
Thanks for any help
EDIT/SOLVED: I managed to get it working by going into TWRP, wiping cache and dalvik, installing a new build of lineageos i had already downloaded, not installing superuser, wiping the cache and dalvik again, and rebooting system, and a fresh start of lineage finally loaded. Doubt that's relevant to many people but thought I'd share anyway.
brokemyG2 said:
Hi,
I have an old G2 which had lineageOS on it, and I wanted to go completely google free and uninstall google play services and stuff, but it seemed my device wasn't rooted (by checking for # in a terminal). I'm completely new to rooting and flashing and everything. Basically I decided I was going to ignore the fact that my brother had already changed things on the phone and I was just going to try and follow a guide to root it and then put whatever ROM I wanted on. Apparently my phone was encrypted, and this needed to be changed before I could do anything so I tried to do a factory reset. When I did this, I ended up in TWRP, which is apparently installed and tried to do a factory reset in that. It prompted me to install Super User or something which seemed like an easy way to root so I said yes. The problem is, the phone never loads. I left it for a good 2 hours to do the factory reset, then it seemed it was not doing anything so I restarted and messed around more. The result is, it is just stuck looking like it's loading up (I assume that's called a bootloop).
So my question is how can I get this phone back into usable condition, I'm not fussed about finishing what I started necessarily, I just need a usable phone. There seems to be good news in that I can access TWRP (v2.8.6.1), which I guess would be useful if I knew how to use it.
Thanks for any help
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you can access the twrp with the power off button and volume less when the lg logo looses the power on and you press again:fingers-crossed:
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brokemyG2 said:
Hi,
I have an old G2 which had lineageOS on it, and I wanted to go completely google free and uninstall google play services and stuff, but it seemed my device wasn't rooted (by checking for # in a terminal). I'm completely new to rooting and flashing and everything. Basically I decided I was going to ignore the fact that my brother had already changed things on the phone and I was just going to try and follow a guide to root it and then put whatever ROM I wanted on. Apparently my phone was encrypted, and this needed to be changed before I could do anything so I tried to do a factory reset. When I did this, I ended up in TWRP, which is apparently installed and tried to do a factory reset in that. It prompted me to install Super User or something which seemed like an easy way to root so I said yes. The problem is, the phone never loads. I left it for a good 2 hours to do the factory reset, then it seemed it was not doing anything so I restarted and messed around more. The result is, it is just stuck looking like it's loading up (I assume that's called a bootloop).
So my question is how can I get this phone back into usable condition, I'm not fussed about finishing what I started necessarily, I just need a usable phone. There seems to be good news in that I can access TWRP (v2.8.6.1), which I guess would be useful if I knew how to use it.
Thanks for any help
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HL1wOPe5pLc