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[Q] Stuck in bootloop, please help!

Hello.
Just yesterday, I installed CM 7.1 on my Defy, which was on stock froyo. It started up normally, and was working perfectly, until I had to reboot it, in order to get the google apps, when it went into boot loop.
I've tried going into stock recovery and wiping the data/ factory reset and wiping the cache, but even then it's stuck on boot loop on the CM 7 logo. What should I do?
Ps. It's the Indian Defy, which is without Blur, if that makes any difference.
EDIT: Just got it to work, I flashed the stock Froyo SBF using RSD lite. I think my mistake was installing Clockworkmod on it, because it has it's own custom recovery. Can anyone tell me how to get into it?

Ya installing CWM on top of CM7 will screw up the pre-installed Custom recovery. While the phone is just starting to boot watch for a blue LED to flash at the top of the phone. Right when it flashes blue, press volume down. From here use your volume rocker to select recovery, use the power button to make your selection. Next choose custom recovery.

Thanks mate
Though sadly, after rebooting it, it keeps on showing the message - process com.android.phone has stopped working, and I get no network. What do I do?

Wipe data and install the zip again...
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[Q] TWRP nor CWM will successfully wipe/format data

First, I searched and read all relevant threads concerning this issue. The five threads that showed up in the search did not help me solve my issue.
So on to my problem. I can no longer flash any rom onto my device. I attempted to flash the first official CM10 nightly (which I recently found out was not flashing properly for others) and had no success. I simply got a black screen and nothing more. I eventually got back into TWRP (v2.2.1.4) to try and Nandroid restore, but I noticed that /data was not formatting and the restore failed. Every time I would slide the bar across to confirm the restore TWRP would reboot itself. I then flashed CWM (v6.0.1.0) and the same problems were there. After that I flashed an earlier version of TWRP and successfully restored the backup. I'm not 100% sure how it was successful. So I decided to try flashing another ROM and no go. Same problems. Anyone have any ideas? When I was using CWM I got the error message below.
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E: unable to locate volume information
E: unable to open ums lunfile '/sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file'
E: unable to format data
I'm running Bugless Beast with Motley #219

I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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aznxk3vi17 said:
I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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What rom did you attempt to flash?

elementur said:
What rom did you attempt to flash?
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So do I.I attempted to flash the first official CM10 8.18 nightly and had no success. I just got a black screen.Even more I boot into bootloader and choose to boot into recover but just stay at google logo.I try to flash recover once more,but just can't boot into recover!!

I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.

Shano56 said:
I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.
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Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?

phiracle said:
Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?
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There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).

android1234567 said:
There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).
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Thank You Very Much!!!

I am having much the same problem as the OP. I finally rooted my Nexus 7 using WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit. It seemed all went well. I chose to use TWRP in a first attempt to install a ROM (I was on rooted stock), and following the instructions for installing my chosen ROM I went into it to wipe cache, Dalvic Cache and data. Both cache and dalvic cache wiped without issue, but when I attempted to wipe /data TWRP simply reported that it failed. With that failing, I did not attempt to install a rom. I was still able to boot out of recovery, but even with repeated attempts wiping data always failed. Is any one aware of any solution or have any suggestions. Thank you!

[Q] Stuck in Bootloop (ROM: PA)

Trying to install a Custom ROM for the first time on Nexus 7 (3G).
I've been using the WF Nexus Toolkit.
I've rooted, unlocked and flashed ParanoidAndroid but I'm only getting a bootscreen loop. I waited 15 min before rebooting the device and attempted to boot into PA again. Still not getting past the Bootscreen.
I booted into recovery; did a full wipe then flashed the PA ROM again... Still not getting past the Bootscreen (waited 30 min before powering off the device)
I've tried to obtain help via IRC before posting here; as well as reading through other post directly related to the problem (even a few that were slightly indirect) but nothing I find is helping... so I've turned to you guys!
I would very much like to get this ROM working, so if there is anyone that can help I would greatly appreciate it.
I just don't know what to do next; I've never had this issue with any device in the past.. I've usually been able to figure the problem out and get it working. But now I'm just stuck.

What is your recovery? What steps did you do in recovery to install the rom?

Try these step may help.
1.Boot into recovery
2.Full wipe
3.Wipe Cache
4.Wipe dalvik cache
5.Flash ROM, GAPP
then reboot your N7.
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If above method still doesn't work. make sure you have the right version of bootloader and stock image on your device for PA 3.15 or newer it should be 4.18 for bootloader and 4.2.2 for stock image (optional).
And if you've found that you have other version of bootloader than 4.18 check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796 thread for how to get it right.
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Finally if you've done all the solutions above and still in bootloop problem just try to do a factory reset (full wipe) again after finish flashing ROM, GAPP.
That's all I can thinks of about this problem base on my personal experience facing bootloop problem few months ago.

If you are still stuck after trying the above posts. You can just try to get back to stock. Nexus Root Toolkit maybe the easiest way to do that..
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4.4 OTA update. Stuck at splash screen

Ok do I did search first but can't find anyone with the same problem.
Started with stock 4.3 rooted, unlocked,TWRP.
Got the update notification, told it to update. It auto rebooted to TWRP and applied the update with no error. When it was done (assuming it was done progress bar finished) it went to the main TWRP menu. I told it to reboot and it just sits at the new 4.3 splash screen animation. I assumed it may take a bit so I let it sit for about 20min with no change. Rebooted it a couple times, also tried applying the update again via twrp (errors out as i woukd expect). Wiped dalvik and cache. Didn't do a factory wipe because I'd like to avoid that but still no change.
Any suggestions? Should I manually load the full 4.4 package via TWRP?
Thanks!
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Same exact setup... Say exact issue... Oh and before rebooting I wiped Dalvik and Cache as "Sandard Operating Proceedure" ... I'm going to just do a clean flash at this point....
Tracy

Hi
I have the same problem. had a rooted 4.3, and after the update the screens remains on the splash thing. restarted a couple of times, did wipe data, factory reset, and it still remains stuck at the boot. What should i do. pls help

step944 said:
I have the same problem. had a rooted 4.3, and after the update the screens remains on the splash thing. restarted a couple of times, did wipe data, factory reset, and it still remains stuck at the boot. What should i do. pls help
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Prior to the installation of the OTA it is safer to re-install stock recovery. Root is lost but re-installing a custom recovery and SuperSu bring back root.

gunner1937 said:
Prior to the installation of the OTA it is safer to re-install stock recovery. Root is lost but re-installing a custom recovery and SuperSu bring back root.
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How can i install stock recovery?

You *could* unzip the factory image and then fastboot the recovery.img file. A lot easier is to download the wugfresh nexus root toolkit and use that:
http://www.wugfresh.com/

ty, but do u think it works, because i cant open my nexus 10 memory from the pc, since it is stuck at start up

Wug's toolkit has an option to restore to stock from a bricked system. All you need to be able to do is to get to the bootloader (press the power button while holding down both volume buttons -- you should get a dead android with a red triangle on chest).

Can't install Custom Recovery

I have a Canadian galaxy note 3 currently with Telus. I had it rooted with a custom rom once before but then Un rooted it and put it back to the stock rom that I got off sammobile.com. The problem is that I rooted it again and every time I try to install a custom recovery nothing will work. I've tried through Odin, goo manager, rom manager... but every time I boot into recovery it loads the stock recovery. The stock recovery also has the tipped over android with the red triangle. Please help! I love custom roms to much to give up on this

Metalian44 said:
I have a Canadian galaxy note 3 currently with Telus. I had it rooted with a custom rom once before but then Un rooted it and put it back to the stock rom that I got off sammobile.com. The problem is that I rooted it again and every time I try to install a custom recovery nothing will work. I've tried through Odin, goo manager, rom manager... but every time I boot into recovery it loads the stock recovery. The stock recovery also has the tipped over android with the red triangle. Please help! I love custom roms to much to give up on this
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Check if reactivation lock is on.
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No it is off

Metalian44 said:
I have a Canadian galaxy note 3 currently with Telus. I had it rooted with a custom rom once before but then Un rooted it and put it back to the stock rom that I got off sammobile.com. The problem is that I rooted it again and every time I try to install a custom recovery nothing will work. I've tried through Odin, goo manager, rom manager... but every time I boot into recovery it loads the stock recovery. The stock recovery also has the tipped over android with the red triangle. Please help! I love custom roms to much to give up on this
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Did you uncheck auto reboot in odin before you flashed? After the flash pull the battery and reinsert it after 5 seconds. Hold volume up + menu + power and you should get in to the custom recovery.

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I have tried that but when it starts to boot the recovery it gets stuck in a loop where it vibrates, shows the words recovery booting and then the screen goes black and it repeats over and over.

Metalian44 said:
I have tried that but when it starts to boot the recovery it gets stuck in a loop where it vibrates, shows the words recovery booting and then the screen goes black and it repeats over and over.
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What os did you have and which custom recovery did you try to install?

Metalian44 said:
I have tried that but when it starts to boot the recovery it gets stuck in a loop where it vibrates, shows the words recovery booting and then the screen goes black and it repeats over and over.
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I had anthem ioap rom before but now I am just running the stock samsung firmware. I've tried to install cwm and twrp but it is not working. I don't get stuck in the recovery booting loop anymore though. Instead Odin gets stuck on the recovery.img process.