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Ok, I think I'm in a deeper trouble than usual.
I've made a nandroid backup like usual and flashed the latest Dirty Unicorns ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...-dirty-unicorns-v10-0-official-6-0-1-t3326798). It didn't work as well as I had hoped - was getting force-closes on practically everything. So I wanted to restore the backup. It restored, but didn't load. Odd, so I thought let's restart the phone. So I did, but the phone just kept sitting on the DU logo and not load at all. Ok, so let's clear both Dalvik and Cache. Still doesn't boot, just sits on the logo. Ok, let's factory-reset the phone, re-download, re-install the ROM, clear everything and try again - still the same, never boots. Ok, super weird by now, never happened to me before. Already took out the trusty old Nexus 5 as the backup, as things are getting more complicated.
So I tried flashing two other ROMs (CM13 and Exodus), but the same thing happens - it just sits on the respective ROM's logo. Can anyone tell me what's happening? I'm including a pic of my bootloader. Looking at the BL and Baseband values, they looks different - are they supposed to be the same?
Might be worth going back to the latest stock build to get all your firmware in order then flash a different rom afterwards.
Ok, don't know why or how it happened, but my TWRP version was still on 2.8.x.x, even though I'm sure I flashed the newest one. I flashed the 3.0.2.0 again, but the situation is still the same.
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Might be worth going back to the latest stock build to get all your firmware in order then flash a different rom afterwards.
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From here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/development/rom-nexus6p-stock-roms-t3234067
From here sorry: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#angler
if you get stuck follow Heisenberg's guide step 10 :
10. How To Flash The Factory Images (And Return To Stock)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206928
Yep, all good now. Followed all the steps, loaded stock images, flashed custom recovery, followed by the ROM, all good now. Thanks a bunch!
Was too quick to report success - now my SIM doesn't work. It populates the APNs, says LTE from the quick slide menu, but stays on no signal in the status bar, plus errors out when refreshing web pages, etc.
I've tried flashing different (including the latest) vendor images as well as different radios.
EDIT: never mind; the freaking Mobile Data was turned off (why the **** does it happen?). Turned it back on; all good now.
I'm currently running the latest PureNexus (MM) with a pretty vanilla setup, I.e. no xposed, root, etc. All the sudden yesterday I had a hard crash while doing nothing in particular, a sudden reboot that sent me into a boot loop. It reboots right before the boot animation would appear. The only way I was able to fix it was to wipe the data partition. I was subsequently able to restore my backup and it booted successfully. The frustrating part is it's happened several times since then. In fact I can't keep it running more than a few hours without the same thing happening, even after doing a full wipe. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Arg, I tried flashing the new Android N system image (the official one) which basically flashes every partition and I'm still getting a boot loop. Is it possible that my SD card went bad?
ts_mpls said:
Arg, I tried flashing the new Android N system image (the official one) which basically flashes every partition and I'm still getting a boot loop. Is it possible that my SD card went bad?
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Did you use flash-all.bat from google image or you flashed the images one by one?
I tried both. Both N and MM. Apparently I stumped Google too, they're sending me a new one.
that's weird... Glad you got a replacement though!
Hi there,
I started this topic because I am out of options and I don't know what to do at this point.
My Phone is a XT1562 DualSim.
I recently flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x-play/development/rom-spetrum-mm-volte-t3462690 and I also installed "MODEM" (MPD24.107-70) from page 1, but not right away.
First I wiped everything expect "internal storage". The phone booted but it restarted during boot (which might be okay) but then it rebooted again during boot. The boot process finally finished and I got to the screen "Android is starting - Optimising app x of y." The phone rebooted even during that process and that is definitely not normal I think. So after a couple of reboots android did finally optimise all apps but the phone did still reboot withing the first 30 seconds after it was booted.
From here I did a lot of testing and doing. These are my findings:
- When I set phone to flight mode / airplane mode it does NOT reboot... Hurray!
- When I flash another ROM (Official CM 13, http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...m-cyanogenmod-13-preview-moto-x-play-t3252255) the phone runs like a charm, NO reboots whatsoever.
- - But as soon as I flash gapps and the phone is booted, I get the reboots again (usually within the first 30 seconds).
- - Again setting the phone to flight mode prevents itself from rebooting.
- - Apparently it doesn't matter what version of gapps I flash. I even tested the light version (ARM, 6.0, Pico, from http://opengapps.org/). It still reboots. I also tried gapps mini and stock.
Oh and I don't think its MODEM (mentioned above) related, because I faced these problems already before I installed / updated the MODEM. Well I thought its MODEM related, that's why I went back to MODEM stock version MPD24.107-52 but that did't help either. I should mention that I am not sure if I had MPD24.107-52 installed originally but spetrum (the rom developer) pointed me to that version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69129552
I also restored my working TWRP backup from an android I used for month and guess what, yep, reboots
brrrrr this is frustrating
I never experienced that before and frankly I am out of ideas.
Anything is welcome and appreciated
Thank you
If nothing helps reflashing the whole firmware is always an option
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If nothing helps reflashing the whole firmware is always an option
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Thanks I haven't done that.
To be clear, you mean firmware as in stock rom / factory image?
I always go back to flashing stock rom with rsdlite whenever things went wrong and I can't solve it by flashing small fixes.
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Thanks I haven't done that.
To be clear, you mean firmware as in stock rom / factory image?
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I mean full stock firmware you flash with fastboot or RSD. Roms are usually only system + kernel, so not very helpful in your case
Guys! Good news. I did go back to stock firmware and from there to official CM13. Of course I had to root and install TWRP again but it was worth it.
I lost a few days spending my time with it but I'm glad its all good now thanks to you.
Thanks to XDA, I've been running LineageOS 14.1 on my LEX727 for months now, updating to most nightly releases with no issues. However, when the phone rebooted after updating to the 10/20/17 nightly, it got stuck on the boot animation screen (green circle moving right to left on the arc) and would go no further. I rebooted into TWRP and flashed back to 10/13 which has been working fine. Same results after attempted updates to the 10/27 and 11/3 releases. I even tried a manual update from TWRP using USB OTG with the same result.
Any ideas of what's gone wrong here? Anything I can try? All I know to do at this point is wipe and install clean but I'd rather not if possible. Thanks!
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Thanks to XDA, I've been running LineageOS 14.1 on my LEX727 for months now, updating to most nightly releases with no issues. However, when the phone rebooted after updating to the 10/20/17 nightly, it got stuck on the boot animation screen (green circle moving right to left on the arc) and would go no further. I rebooted into TWRP and flashed back to 10/13 which has been working fine. Same results after attempted updates to the 10/27 and 11/3 releases. I even tried a manual update from TWRP using USB OTG with the same result.
Any ideas of what's gone wrong here? Anything I can try? All I know to do at this point is wipe and install clean but I'd rather not if possible. Thanks!
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I'd say do a clean install. If i have any issues with a rom booting i'll factory reset and install again. If i still have issues i'll just use another rom.
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Thanks to XDA, I've been running LineageOS 14.1 on my LEX727 for months now, updating to most nightly releases with no issues. However, when the phone rebooted after updating to the 10/20/17 nightly, it got stuck on the boot animation screen (green circle moving right to left on the arc) and would go no further. I rebooted into TWRP and flashed back to 10/13 which has been working fine. Same results after attempted updates to the 10/27 and 11/3 releases. I even tried a manual update from TWRP using USB OTG with the same result.
Any ideas of what's gone wrong here? Anything I can try? All I know to do at this point is wipe and install clean but I'd rather not if possible. Thanks!
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I am in the same situation. Have tried all combinations of wiping and resetting with all 3 of the latest nightlies and still cannot boot. I can successfully boot into a stock rom but, I'd rather not. I guess I will go back to the 10/13 nightly since it worked (mostly) before this debacle. Hopefully next week's update will solve this problem.
Thanks for your reply, islandlife98. I'm not super-confident at this ROM thing yet so backing up, wiping and reinstalling is something I'd undertake reluctantly. I was hoping this was a common situation with a simple fix that I just had been unable to find. Always prefer to actually solve a problem if possible rather than just wipe it out. (Although when it comes to tech, wiping it out is often the best or only solution. Almost always the quickest.)
JBealZy, thank you for letting me know you're in the same boat! After seeing no mention of this issue here, I assumed it was some weird glitch with my phone rather than a problem with the updates. If you've done a full wipe and re-install but still haven't been able to boot into any of the last three releases then I'm glad I hesitated. (That was a concern I'd had: that it might not work even after a clean install.) Think I'll stick with 10/13 for now and keep trying the new releases; easy enough to roll back if it fails now that I've figured it out.
Lmao same problem here with the 2017-11-11 and 2017-11-03 udpate. Not tested yet with 2017-10-27 or 2017-10-20 but that's my last choice because after 2017-10-13 update all links are removed. I do a clean install every time .. What other rom is better ?
Problem resolved .. i have wiped internal storage too and able to install the last version. I think i'm gonna use another ROM because i don't really want to reinstall all of my applications everytime i do an update. :/
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Lmao same problem here with the 2017-11-11 and 2017-11-03 udpate. Not tested yet with 2017-10-27 or 2017-10-20 but that's my last choice because after 2017-10-13 update all links are removed. I do a clean install every time .. What other rom is better ?
Problem resolved .. i have wiped internal storage too and able to install the last version. I think i'm gonna use another ROM because i don't really want to reinstall all of my applications everytime i do an update. :/
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I am using Paranoid ( latest version) and everything works flawlessly.
Sent from my LEX727 using XDA Labs
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Lmao same problem here with the 2017-11-11 and 2017-11-03 udpate. Not tested yet with 2017-10-27 or 2017-10-20 but that's my last choice because after 2017-10-13 update all links are removed. I do a clean install every time .. What other rom is better ?
Problem resolved .. i have wiped internal storage too and able to install the last version. I think i'm gonna use another ROM because i don't really want to reinstall all of my applications everytime i do an update. :/
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Another victim! So weird, I wonder what's going on there. None of the updates since my original post have worked so I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to do a clean install. Just need to find a time do it. Good to hear it worked for you.
LineageOS is the only ROM I've tried but since I have to wipe my phone anyway I may try some others. Paranoid Android looks interesting and Tsongming says it's working well.
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Another victim! So weird, I wonder what's going on there. None of the updates since my original post have worked so I've come to the conclusion that I'm going to have to do a clean install. Just need to find a time do it. Good to hear it worked for you.
LineageOS is the only ROM I've tried but since I have to wipe my phone anyway I may try some others. Paranoid Android looks interesting and Tsongming says it's working well.
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Yea i'm downloading Paranoïd right now for testing it .. Don't want a broken operating system on my phone haha
If anyone's still interested, I first tried flashing Lineage after wiping all but internal storage and still couldn't get past the boot animation. Then did a full factory-reset wipe including the internal storage, re-flashed, and it finally booted. The first OTA update since then came through today and went off without a hitch so all seems well for now.
I did take a look at Paranoid before going back to Lineage. One big reason I use a custom ROM is to get security updates quickly and LOS reports the security patch level in the settings; I couldn't find this info in PA. Also, I use a pattern to unlock my phone and there didn't appear to be a way use a larger grid than the default 3x3. On the plus side (sort of), PA includes the LeEco remote control app, which seems to be the only way to use the IR hardware on this phone, but it asks for more permissions than I want to give (which, of course, is not PA's fault). So admittedly I didn't really give it a full and fair trial but those few little issues sent me back to the (usually) reliable familiarity of LOS.
I received a new LEX722 yesterday. The TWRP for zl1 is working fine, but I cannot get lineagos working.
I deleted:
- dalvik,
- system,
- cache
- data
- and also the internal storage
after rebooting into twrp I enabled usb debugguung and pushed the lineageos and gapps images via adb push to the phone.
I installed lineageos and gapps nano, but after booting to system, I get stuck in a black screen looping to a dark grey luminated display (no graphics at all).
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I received a new LEX722 yesterday. The TWRP for zl1 is working fine, but I cannot get lineagos working.
I deleted:
- dalvik,
- system,
- cache
- data
- and also the internal storage
after rebooting into twrp I enabled usb debugguung and pushed the lineageos and gapps images via adb push to the phone.
I installed lineageos and gapps nano, but after booting to system, I get stuck in a black screen looping to a dark grey luminated display (no graphics at all).
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Sorry, can't help you with that since I have a LEX727 which is apparently quite different from the LEX722. Official LineageOS is only supported on the LEX720 and LEX727: [ https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/zl1 ]. The LEX722 (Elite) has it's own section here on the LeEco Pro 3 forum so check that out and see what they've come up with.
Hello.
This is my first post as I've done everything myself till now, but now I'm really lost in some uncharted territory.
All I wanted is to have a second DeGoogled phone and I messed my Samsung Galaxy S5 beyond my understanding
So, I flashed TWRP to my SM-G900F klte through Odin and then installed /e/ ROM through zip method and everything was working fine, then I wanted to flash Intelli kernel, but I got an error saying "Digest failed to match on '/external-sd/Intelli-Kernel-v15-klte.zip'. E: Aborting zip install: Digest verification failed. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/Intelli-Kernel-v15-klte.zip'". I double checked the md5 of TWRP, /e/ and Intelli Kernel zip's, reflashed TWRP, flashed IceMan's TWRP recovery, wiped all partitions, formatted data and re-installed /e/, tried Havoc ROM, but I still got the same message. The problem wasn't only with the kernel, but also with some (not all) other zip's like A2camforS5_TWRP_v1.4.zip and even Magisk (which flashed fine) modules like A2camforS5_Magisk_v2.zip were not flashing (the procedure got through, but once the phone restarted the module wouldn't show up). On my previous SM-G900F klte phone everything was working fine. (And yes, TWPR's check md5 option was disabled, so this wasn't the problem)
After a bit of chatting on Intelli kernel and /e/ Telegram support groups I found out it wasn't the kernel or /e/ problem and that I should go back to stock and start all over. I had a full NANDroid backup from my previous phone so I renamed the backup folder to match the new phone serial (so it would show the partitions to restore in TWRP) and as I (and nobody else) didn't know where the problem was I restored all partitions. Everything went through as it should except modem, which showed an error saying something about being read-only and efs, which went half way through and then gave an error I don't remember (but can reproduce if needed). The phone wouldn't boot to OS (it was stuck on SAMSUNG logo), so I re-flashed TWRP and /e/ again and tried to flash the kernel or other zips but they were still giving me "digestion" problems... but it got worse! Now when I boot to /e/ I'm not even able to use the phone normally as a pop-up saying "Bluetooth app has crashed" and "Bluetooth app keeps crashing" shows up continuously even if Bluetooth as other wireless connection work just fine. Did I mess something up with the unfinished efs restore?
How can I diagnose the problem and unmess my phone? What steps should I take? I'm afraid of bricking my phone if I just start to do random stuff so any useful information would be appreciated! Please help!
EDIT: Even if my description of the procedure looks like I flashed a ton of stuff all at once I have just WRITTEN A RESUME AS CONDENSED AS POSSIBLE - the procedure took me more than a week of flashing ONE THING AT A TIME and testing if everything works fine. At no point in my flashing procedure there were more than three things present on my phone: TWRP, ROM and MAGISK as kernel and camera mod refused to flash anyway. To exclude Magisk being a problem I clean installed everything so I had just TWRP and ROM and I was getting the same problem. Then I reflashed TWRP only, using the IceMan version (because it presumably solves all flashing problems) retested, then flashed /e/ only, retested, Havoc only, retested... well, you got the picture!
I was doing everything under the guidance of Intelli kernel Telegram support group members until I understood the problem was not the kernel, nor TWRP/IceMan, nor /e//Havoc and went with the stock recovery through TWRP and messed my phone beyond Intelli kernel Telegram group's scope.
ShalaMala said:
Hello.
This is my first post as I've done everything myself till now, but now I'm really lost in some uncharted territory.
All I wanted is to have a second DeGoogled phone and I messed my Samsung Galaxy S5 beyond my understanding
So, I flashed TWRP to my SM-G900F klte through Odin and then installed /e/ ROM through zip method and everything was working fine, then I wanted to flash Intelli kernel, but I got an error saying "Digest failed to match on '/external-sd/Intelli-Kernel-v15-klte.zip'. E: Aborting zip install: Digest verification failed. Error installing zip file '/external_sd/Intelli-Kernel-v15-klte.zip'". I double checked the md5 of TWRP, /e/ and Intelli Kernel zip's, reflashed TWRP, flashed IceMan's TWRP recovery, wiped all partitions, formatted data and re-installed /e/, tried Havoc ROM, but I still got the same message. The problem wasn't only with the kernel, but also with some (not all) other zip's like A2camforS5_TWRP_v1.4.zip and even Magisk (which flashed fine) modules like A2camforS5_Magisk_v2.zip were not flashing (the procedure got through, but once the phone restarted the module wouldn't show up). On my previous SM-G900F klte phone everything was working fine.
After a bit of chatting on Intelli kernel and /e/ Telegram support groups I found out it wasn't the kernel or /e/ problem and that I should go back to stock and start all over. I had a full NANDroid backup from my previous phone so I renamed the backup folder to match the new phone serial (so it would show the partitions to restore in TWRP) and as I (and nobody else) didn't know where the problem was I restored all partitions. Everything went through as it should except modem, which showed an error saying something about being read-only and efs, which went half way through and then gave an error I don't remember (but can reproduce if needed). The phone wouldn't boot to OS (it was stuck on SAMSUNG logo), so I re-flashed TWRP and /e/ again and tried to flash the kernel or other zips but they were still giving me "digestion" problems... but it got worse! Now when I boot to /e/ I'm not even able to use the phone normally as a pop-up saying "Bluetooth app has crashed" and "Bluetooth app keeps crashing" shows up continuously even if Bluetooth as other wireless connection work just fine. Did I mess something up with the unfinished efs restore?
How can I diagnose the problem and unmess my phone? What steps should I take? I'm afraid of bricking my phone if I just start to do random stuff so any useful information would be appreciated! Please help!
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Idk what your phone's actual issue is, but you should probably not have restored efs from previous phone.
At this point, I would probably Odin back to latest stock firmware, to see if the phone will boot and recognize sim card. If so, I would go from there, flash latest official TWRP, format data, and either restore the backup sans modem and efs, or try a different ROM.
DO NOT INSTALL TWRP APP
Also, try to do things in small traceable steps to make it easier to see what is causing your problem.
Eg:
Flash just the bare ROM, nothing else, no Magisk, no hacky crap, just the ROM. Test it.
If everything is satisfactory, then try the next step and test again, working your way up to your desired ROM/kernel/Magisk/apps solution that makes you happy.
For maximum stability it's always preferable to format data (Advanced wipe>format>type yes) when flashing a ROM to ensure a clean slate for everything.
Also, try not too let your phone get too hot with lots of flashing. I've seen good phones do odd stuff when overheated.
That's all the advice I can think of right now, how it is some help to you.
Good luck! :good:
you should probably not have restored efs from previous phone.
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Yeah, I assume that was the stupidest thing, but an online guide suggested it's ok to restore from another phone's NAND backup as long as it's the same model, so I thought it was safe.
At this point, I would probably Odin back to latest stock firmware, to see if the phone will boot and recognize sim card.
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My phone works fine with /e/ ROM as before - SIM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all, there is just a constant pop-up saying that the Bluetooth app has crashed interfering with everything I do that wasn't present before the stupid restore to stock.
If so, I would go from there, flash latest official TWRP, format data, and either restore the backup sans modem and efs, or try a different ROM.
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Did all this except trying a different ROM, because it wasn't producing the Bluetooth app has crashed problem before restoring to stock, so I assumed it's not a ROM problem. The digest problem was present also in Havoc ROM.
DO NOT INSTALL TWRP APP
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Why? Is this a general issue or just a problem in my case? Anyway I have disabled the option before restarting to system.
Also, try to do things in small traceable steps to make it easier to see what is causing your problem. Eg: Flash just the bare ROM, nothing else, no Magisk, no hacky crap, just the ROM. Test it.
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Yeah, I was doing the things one step at a time, my message is just a condensed resume of all the steps I did to make it shorter. I stopped adding things once I was unable to flash the kernel, camera mod and Magisk modules - I didn't just add everything I was trying to understand if the problem was just with kernel or my phone wouldn't flash also some other zips.
If everything is satisfactory, then try the next step and test again, working your way up to your desired ROM/kernel/Magisk/apps solution that makes you happy.
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Yes, yes, that was the plan, but now the bare ROM doesn't want to work anymore without giving me Bluetooth app crashes
For maximum stability it's always preferable to format data (Advanced wipe>format>type yes) when flashing a ROM to ensure a clean slate for everything.
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I did that before every flash.
Also, try not too let your phone get too hot with lots of flashing. I've seen good phones do odd stuff when overheated.
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Good to know!
That's all the advice I can think of right now, how it is some help to you. Good luck!
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Thank you. So now I flashed the latest .tar.md5 file for my model and my CSC through Odin and the phone wouldn't boot to stock ROM (I guess because it had /e/ Pie on it already and the latest stock ROM is just Marshmallow so it's considered downgrading), got stuck at SAMSUNG logo and phone went extremely hot. I pulled out the battery, went in download mode, flashed TWRP, wiped all partitions, formatted data, flashed /e/, booted /e/, the message about Bluetooth app crashing persists, went to TWRP, tried to flash Intelli kernel, got the "digest" error, tried camera mod, got "digest error" again, magisk flashed fine, so flashing works... so what now? I checked inside the .tar.md5 file and there is no efs partition so I guess it wasn't written over by flashing through Odin
Should the phone be able to boot to stock? Is that even necessary - would it fix anything?
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My phone works fine with /e/ ROM as before - SIM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and all, there is just a constant pop-up saying that the Bluetooth app has crashed interfering with everything I do that wasn't present before the stupid restore to stock.
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"If so, I would go from there, flash latest official TWRP, format data, and either restore the backup sans modem and efs, or try a different ROM."
A: Did all this except trying a different ROM, because it wasn't producing the Bluetooth app has crashed problem before restoring to stock, so I assumed it's not a ROM problem. The digest problem was present also in Havoc ROM.
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Maybe try flashing just the baseband with latest modem, etc from haggertk's archive on AFH, here:
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=59628
You can flash that without wiping and it only touches the baseband/firmware files, so should not affect anything else
"DO NOT INSTALL TWRP APP"
A: Why? Is this a general issue or just a problem in my case? Anyway I have disabled the option before restarting to system.
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It's a general issue. The app is bloatware and is known to sometimes cause bootloops see @curiousrom 's post here:
TWRP App Causing Bootloop or Fail To Boot
It's frustrating that TWRP is setup to facilitate easy swiping to install the app
A: Thank you. So now I flashed the latest .tar.md5 file for my model and my CSC through Odin and the phone wouldn't boot to stock ROM (I guess because it had /e/ Pie on it already and the latest stock ROM is just Marshmallow so it's considered downgrading), got stuck at SAMSUNG logo and phone went extremely hot.
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Unlikely due to /e/ ROM, I have had this happen before. Just pulled battery, hold power button with no battery or charge cable for at least 10 sec to clear remaining charge (I have one phone that will get itself so out of shape that I have to leave it overnight with no battery before it will boot), let it cool, reinstalled battery and try again. Usually it will boot after this.
I pulled out the battery, went in download mode, flashed TWRP, wiped all partitions, formatted data, flashed /e/, booted /e/, the message about Bluetooth app crashing persists, went to TWRP, tried to flash Intelli kernel, got the "digest" error, tried camera mod, got "digest error" again, magisk flashed fine, so flashing works... so what now? I checked inside the .tar.md5 file and there is no efs partition so I guess it wasn't written over by flashing through Odin
Should the phone be able to boot to stock? Is that even necessary - would it fix anything?
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Flashing stock ROM can sometimes help fix EFS issues, so that is why I suggested that. I also like to see the stock ROM boot with all functions working to make sure the hardware is ok.
I don't assume you haven't done any of the things I suggest. I'm just brainstorming to see if I can help you from my personal experience with my S5s.
Hope you can get yours working:good:
Maybe try flashing just the baseband with latest modem, etc from haggertk's archive on AFH, here:
androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=59628
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I'm reading some instructions: ohthehugemanatee.org/blog/2015/04/04/how-and-why-to-update-the-modem-slash-baseband-firmware-on-a-samsung-phone about how to flash baseband as this is something I've never done before and I'm afraid to mess my device even further... They say "Note that each carrier handles their own updates, so they package their own modem firmwares with slightly different serial numbers. There shouldn’t be any significant difference, but check which one comes from your country and provider".
So I searched for the CSC of the firmware you've linked and it seems to be XXU: samfrew.com/download/GALAXY__S5__/1l88/BTU/G900FXXU1CRH1/G900FOXA1CRH1, which turns out to be a "Multi-CSC for some of the countries and regions (“O” refers to Open)"... is that "some" that bothers me as XXU is not listed under my country's CSC list.
Should I worry? Is it possible to try out if this baseband solves my problems and if it will not work return to the previous version flashing the stock ROM again or am I risking to brick my phone? I didn't find a baseband for my country's csc (SIO) as I will not be receiving any official updates anymore should I change my phone's CSC to XXU first?
(I'm not able to post URL's yet, so they are truncated.)