So for the last 5 days I had some very weird problems with my phone. About 2 weeks ago I started with my first Cronos Rom and it worked great. I flashed 1.5 and 1.5.1 without problems and I used it without an ext partition all the time. But then the problems started. When I wiped my whole phone and tried to reinstall 1.5.1 JIT, the phone didnt boot anymore (stuck on the "Android" bootscreen). I wiped again and again, tried 1.5.1 without JIT, 1.5 etc, but I couldt get the phone to work. Nothing worked, so I created an ext partition and tried again. It worked. My phone started and I was able to use it for about a day without problems though I didnt want apps2sd. But then some other weird things happened. 3 Days ago I bought a bigger SD Card, partitioned it, wiped the whole phone and flashed 1.5.1 JIT. The phone started, but after I installed a few apps, I got an error message (installing xxx failed). I found out that theres an "repair ext" function, and it worked, but after I installed some more apps, the problem was back. The second problem was, that after rebooting the phone, more and more apps wouldnt start anymore (FC). The last problem that occured was an FC of the market app. After that, I wiped everything again, tried to flash 1.5.1 JIT, but it happened exactly the same like on the first time. Problems installing apps, FCs, stuck on boot etc.
I am totally down at the moment because I killed my whole weekend trying to get my phone working again. Could anyone please help my with this? I just dont understand what I did wrong. Shouldnt a complete wipe fix almost every problem? And I dont understand why I suddenly cant use my phone without an ext partition. Any Cronos version I try freezes on bootscreen without an ext patition. Is there any way to get my hero working again? Please please help me.
(PS: I also posted this on the Cronos Board.)
I would take out the sd card, wipe system and dalvik cache, and install some custom rom.
well, to make sure it is NOT your phone, did you try another ROM? Eliminate possible problems?
At least try something that is known and stable, like a stock rom, the Taiwain-rooted-repacks (not a rom based on it, but just the taiwan rom rooted) or good ol' MoDaCo 3.2 (based on 1.5 stock).
Til now I just tried the last 2 or 3 Cronos Roms, and as I said, they didnt work, but when I get home from work I'll try the Modaco Rom I used before.
I dont understand what this has to do with the Rom I use. I always wiped the whole phone, dalvik, etc. so shouldnt it just work like the first time I flashed it? No matter what Rom I use?
Another weird thing (could have something to do with this): After I wiped everything and flashed Cronos 1.5.1 JIT, the market still knew what apps I had installed last time. It showed my bought apps AND the apps I was able to install before the latest crash. So does this mean the phone wasnt wiped completely?
The market tracks your purchases and (free) downloads through your google account. So that's normal that the download-list is full.
But it might very well be that you didn't wipe correctly, although I'm curious how you manage to accomplish that. What is your current recovery?
The whole point about trying another ROM is elimination. It doesn't need to make sense, but you need to check things of the list.
There is something weird going on, so trying to solve it logically will only get you so far . Keep trying to narrow down the list of causes. Might well be a bug with Cronos 1.5, or the overclock not working these days because your phone is just a bit hotter than before, who knows.. Like I said: eliminate causes!
I'm using the newest AmonRa recovery to wipe the phone.
Theres one thing I forgot: Yesterday I flashed 1.5.1 without JIT, and then 1.5.1 JIT right after it (just rebooted a few times between). The phone worked great until my SD card crashed. In the taskbar it always showed me "checking for errors"(something like that, my phone's in german ), but in my PC and in the recovery the card worked like always, so I had to wipe the card and start again from the beginning.
Try another ROM , and if that doesn't work, try without SD card.
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I'm using the newest AmonRa recovery to wipe the phone.
Theres one thing I forgot: Yesterday I flashed 1.5.1 without JIT, and then 1.5.1 JIT right after it (just rebooted a few times between). The phone worked great until my SD card crashed. In the taskbar it always showed me "checking for errors"(something like that, my phone's in german ), but in my PC and in the recovery the card worked like always, so I had to wipe the card and start again from the beginning.
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Maybe sdcard faulty? What are the logs you get when booting up the phone?
Soooo, I wiped everything again and flashed Modaco 2.8 without an ext partition. It booted correctly, so I wiped the dalvik cache and flashed Cronos 1.5.1 JIT. It also booted (wow, first time it booted without ext since all the problems started to occur) but I instantly got FC's (phone app for example). Now I wiped completely again and flashed 1.5.1 JIT. I hope it boots, as I still dont have an ext partition. As soon as I know something new, I'm gonna tell you.
So now it seems like its working again. I was able to install all the apps I need without a single error and now I'm restoring my settings and contacts. Suddenly it even works without ext again.
I guess there was something very big f*ked up that I couldnt repair by simple wiping the phone. Very weird that just flashing Modaco got it running again. Now I have back my working phone with ultrafast Cronos Rom and without App2SD, perfect. At least till now I hope it keeps working.
Thanks for your help guys, I think I would have smashed the phone to the wall sooner or later. I never thought about flashing Modaco so I'm happy there are people like you.
Thanks again, and thanks to Feeyo for his unbelievable Rom.
PS: Can I uninstall, Facebook and Footprints without destroying everything again?
Yes, just delete both apps using ADB or use a root explorer, search both apps in System/app and delete them.
Or you could use the MoDaCo online kitchen for removing those apps.
Having an issue that I cant seem to figure out. I have been using various roms eg Omega V7,S4 Google Edition V16, Fox Hound 1.1 etc. They all install fine, factory reset before and after wiping the various cashes as required. I also format the SD storage to be sure, but once up and running, apps installed, every time I restart the phone or for some reason it freezes it just get stuck at the white Samsung S4 logo.
If i go back in to recovery (TWRP 2.6.0.0) factory reset does nothing to fix this. I have also noticed that sometimes the internal SD shows as 0 Mb, and I have to reformat this to re-install a ROM. (Getting corrupt some how?) Only re-installing the ROM from fresh seems to get my phone up and running again. Until something happens. Any ideas?
I follow all instructions as detailed, and never come across this issue with my S3.
Ok after trying a few things the only thing that seemed to fix the problem was reflashing stock firmware using oden.
I had to reformat the internal storage again as this was acting like it was encrypted, which it was not. Think this problem that caused my phone not to boot when when restarted.
No Idea why it did this but its fixed now.
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Ok after trying a few things the only thing that seemed to fix the problem was reflashing stock firmware using oden.
I had to reformat the internal storage again as this was acting like it was encrypted, which it was not. Think this problem that caused my phone not to boot when when restarted.
No Idea why it did this but its fixed now.
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same problem. As long as i dont reboot it works fine...first reboot it get stucked....
willhave to reverse to stock then...
too bad i loved GE!!!
So simple and fast!
okay as usual ive ran into issues with custom roms so i decided to return back to stock D80020C. i rooted and installed xposed. stock recovery everything. ive been noticing some issues that were there even unrooted. some apps freeze and do not open at all. i have to go into settings/apps and clean the cache and data for it to work properly again.no big deal but becomes a pain after a while. second thing i am noticing is the high memory use this firmware uses. even if i am not on my phone it sits at around 69-72% ram used. i start getting warnings. i try clearing or boosting it using cleanmaster and it shows the ram being cleaned but then a few minutes later the same warning comes up. everything starts lagging. this is insane how this phone is handling nothing on??? jb never had this issue. kk is good but still not yet complete in my opinion.has anyone else been going through this?
It could be due to root. Mine was better after update to KK. Everything slides smoothly, no apparent lag at all. Maybe you can try a hard reset then.
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okay as usual ive ran into issues with custom roms so i decided to return back to stock D80020C. i rooted and installed xposed. stock recovery everything. ive been noticing some issues that were there even unrooted. some apps freeze and do not open at all. i have to go into settings/apps and clean the cache and data for it to work properly again.no big deal but becomes a pain after a while. second thing i am noticing is the high memory use this firmware uses. even if i am not on my phone it sits at around 69-72% ram used. i start getting warnings. i try clearing or boosting it using cleanmaster and it shows the ram being cleaned but then a few minutes later the same warning comes up. everything starts lagging. this is insane how this phone is handling nothing on??? jb never had this issue. kk is good but still not yet complete in my opinion.has anyone else been going through this?
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I'm on the same firmware with root/custom recovery but everything is perfect no fc, no need for clearing cache/data, I've always got about 500mb ram which is more than enough(unused ram is wasted ram)
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I'm on the same firmware with root/custom recovery but everything is perfect no fc, no need for clearing cache/data, I've always got about 500mb ram which is more than enough(unused ram is wasted ram)
Sent from my LG-D800 running stock kk, rooted with philz using XDA app
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i get no force closes. its just something is weird.
Just got my first random reboot since going back to stock kk. Was browsing with firefox and the keyboard starting lagging majorly then a reboot??? This kk update is very very much making me annoyed. Too much issues. Thinking of just sticking it out with 4.2.2. Everything works there. Gonna give it one last try before i end up getting a new phone....
I had been using rooted kitat for sometime. Everything was great. Then I installed a 5.0.2 Russian stock ROM and that ran fine too. But after a few weeks, I have been getting this problem. It seems the phone doesnt load apps and/or they keep crashing. The phone eventually hangs and reboots, and even gets stuck in a bootloop at times..I have tried flashing alternative roms through odin, i cleared the cache and wiped data through recovery but the problem persists...most of the apps that are glitching are google apps and sometimes systemui and phone....What else can I do?
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im having the same problem on my G530H. does anybody know how to fix this???? its really annoying
Maybe you didn't factory reset before update to 5.0.2
Hello, I've been using TEKXodus N4 Rom for my Canadian (Global Live Wind) on my Note 4 running 5.1.1 for about 4 months now. I have not experienced any problem with the rom until 3 days ago. My phone would just freeze for a good 10-20 seconds randomly when I open apps, surf the web, etc. It started when I was using snapchat and I though I had too much friends (around 80) on my snapchat that it would freeze when I load my friends stories but it seems it's not just the app. I tried clearing cache but it did not fix anything. It was so bad that I couldn't bear to use my phone. I finally decided to flash to stock 4.4.4 kitkat and 5.0.1 but it seems the lag is still there. I've even had instances where my phone would just restart on it's own and when I turn my phone off it would turn on by itself. I've cleared cache, davlik cache and everything there is to clear and it still freezes. I've even ran into a point I cleared everything including my own OS and was stuck for a day in finding a way to boot up my phone lol. I also forgot to say during that time the only thing I did not clear is the files on my sd card so I wiped my sd card as well and it still didn't do lick. I've led to believe that I may have a virus or that my phone hardware is fried. If there is anyone who could help me I'd be grateful...
I also had a problem after I installed a stock 5.0.1 where I couldn't update my phone because it said I don't have enough storage space and I know for a fact I have 24gb free space..