Bet there's a simple answer for this :
While testing ODIN loading of recovery software on my (rooted) 10.1 GT7510 (wifi), each time I went to grab a ROM in what I though was the /sdcard/0 after the load, they were "gone" and thought lost as I wiped data /factory reset and wiped cache part each time. But what I discovered by accident, was the ROMs originally placed in the root director of the stock load (does that exist anywhere with a working link ??) were now in
/sdcard/0/0/0/0/0 .. What causes this and can it be fixed ? Some other q's if the community will indulge me :
What is the best level of recovery software, ROM package and goggle apps to have on this vintage tablet ?
Except for ODIN pushes; USB-PC communication went away after leaving the stock build. How can that be restored ?
May thanks in advance ..JR
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INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Which ROMs are you installing? On I337M your best bet is T-Mobile ROMs and Kernels. I have Bell I337M and have no issues.
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
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Are you wiping with TWRP? I heard there are issues with using it to wipe and restore or loading a new rom after wipe. Just restore using Odin and then load a new rom (or restore a backup) without wiping. See if that solves your problem of bootlooping
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i just went through this all last night what a pita , problem is twrp , if you do a full wipe when you type the word yes , you can only bootup 1 time then it gets stuck next time you boot , theres no way to fix it , even going back to old version of twrp wont do it , you have to compleatlly remove root and return to stock , re root and install twrp again , then if your luck your nandropid backup will work , it took me 5 hrs to fuger this all out , stupid twrp drove me nuts .,...
in short , return to stock and reroot , then never do a full wipe where you have to type yes
Pharonic said:
INFO: I rooted my device last night and installed TWRP using GooManger. I tried tested two different Roms. The first one was Google Edition 4.2.2 - v1.3 & the second was GoldenEye. Both Roms Seem to function properly. My Device is SGH-1337M ROGERS
PROBLEM: When i reset my device, even after a clean install, my device gets stuck during boot. I've tried going into recovery and restoring backups from this point and they all fail. The only possible way to get out of this boot freeze is to Wipe entire internal storage. At that point, the phone will reboot. This does not appear to be a boot loop as It just shows "Samsung Galaxy S4" and won't budge (seems frozen). I have no idea what the issue is but i suspect it may have something to do with the kernels provided with the Roms? Any help would be much appreciated!
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i had the same problem, im with rogers so i downloaded the rogers rom 4.2 and i cant make any phone calls or listen to music or watch videos. my phone came with 4.3 does anyone have any ideas to help me?
Hi there. First of all let me say my experience with custom ROM is all about the Galaxy S i9000.
After switching the official ROMs on my Find 5, which can be done just with the zip and no rooting, I decided to install the latest CM Nightly.
Here's what I did, in order:
- installed Framaroot and used the Gandalf method -> success, got SU and rooting
- installed the "Recovery Tools - Flash" or something like that from the Play Store
- installed CWM from the app, which is the latest touch version
- connected the Find 5 to my pc and put the CM and Gapps zips in the root folder
- rebooted to recovery, wiped Dalvik and factory reset then installed CM then Gapps zip
- wiped dalvik + factory reset again
- turned on the phone
Now, the ROM works BUT here's my problem: every folder created by the applications while I had color ROM, and the apps themselves, are still there! I still have the pictures, the 2-3 apps I left on the phone and everything else.
So my question is:
HOW DO YOU CLEAN EVERYTHING ON THE PHONE TO START COMPLETELY FROM SCRATCH while installing a new ROM?
I'm a fan of fresh installations, I don't even use backup software since I keep few core apps on my phone.
Back on the Galaxy S I just connected it, phisically deleted every single folder on the phone from the pc and put the CM + Gapps zips on it cause the S i9000 recreated the basic folders on itself.
I didn't do a wipe sdcard from the CWM because I red somewhere that on the Find 5 it deletes core system components to so you'll have to unstuck your phone loading the base recovery and an Oppo firmware from your computer...the fact is this way I don't have a fresh installation.
So what, and when, should I do to clean EVERYTHING like I did with my Galaxy S to be sure when I first boot a new ROM I only have the very basic folders Android and the ROM needs to be loaded?
I'll have a work meeting tomorrow so I didn't try the sdcard wipe to avoid staying without a working phone but I installed the very core apps only here so if I need to re-flash everything or wipe something I'm ok with that, I already backed up manually the old contents of the ColorROM(pictures and stuff) so I have nothing but the basics and WhatsApp on the phone right now.
No one? I know it may take a while but I'm kinda stalling to get my phone back to work completely cause I'll probably have to wipe something again to delete everything :/
This all started when I ran out of data on my device and decided to root it so that I could use the SD card. I had previously rooted a droid 2 and a galaxy nexus so I wasn't a complete noob but I'm not in any way a programmer and I had never used Odin. So not wanting to mess with things without having a back up I followed some tutorials and downloaded the android sdk and used adb to back up. I thought I was doing a full system backup but whether I made a mistake or this simply doesn't back up everything I don't know. The file size should have been a clue but I missed it. I did get my apps
I then proceeded to follow the tutorials on this site for rooting the device. They are all for the GT-S7710 but I was hoping the letter (L) was a program only type thing and wouldn't make a difference. I used this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=40232503&postcount=45 and downloaded the DEODEXED Version. I then rebooted the phone and everything appeared to be working fine and I was rooted. I could have sworn I had data. I then realized that I didn't have CWM as a recovery so I downloaded and installed CWM recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43294839 It was after rebooting (and maybe a reset I can't remember at this point) that I noticed I had no data.
So I flashed a few other ROMs including VANIR (and the recovery he suggests) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2689519 I and CM 11 plus a stock rom (S7710LUBAMC1_S7710LUUBAMC1_CHO Samsung kies tells me CHO is the region for my device) but didn't have mobile data in any of them.
Still hoping to get mobile data working again I flashed a stock Recovery and A stock Boot.img from here...(Well I can't seem to find the thread now). It was a link to the stock boot.img and stock recovery.img (GT-S7710) from someone wanting a CWM recovery built. I then reflashed the stock ROM from above still no mobile data. My flash count in download mode is up to 26 lol and nothing I have tried restores the mobile data although as long as the phone boots, I do have wifi.
Is there ANYthing else I can try? I would really like to have my mobile data back even if it means I don't get to root.
No data connection
It turned out my no data was caused by not having any APN settings after flashing the custom ROM. I copied the settings from hubbies phone and now data works fine. I can't believe I spent so much time working on this and trying different things when it was something so simple.
If you want to read the below learning experience you may gain some knowledge but at this point I believe my method may have flaws. While it seemed fine at first the problem listed directly below could not be fixed without using Odin to flash a stock ROM back onto the phone. It had checked the hidden menu settings for MTP and ADB and PDA, CP etc and all were correct (I have another good working S5 to compare these values to). I tried an earlier restore of a TWRP backup and that just blew up with all sorts of FC's on boot. So thank goodness for Odin. After flashing the stock rom it booted fine and I can now write files from the PC to the phone again via USB. In the process right now of re-rooting, installing TWRP and doing a restore of my last backup.
Note : I have found one problem I am currently working on after using this method. I can hook up the phone to the PC and get a link, open folders on the phone and can copy file from the phone to the PC but can NOT copy files from the PC to the phone. More later .....
I've got a Samsung Galaxy S5 from US Cellular. Other than a few people in the Motorola subforum here trying this I haven't seen this exact method described here so apologies if I missed it somewhere - tried many searches. It seemed so easy - maybe it is just considered SOP for some - don't know so I'm going to run the details by here anyway in case it saves anyone some trouble. Do read my warnings below though before you attempt this.
1 - You want TWRP installed (or Philz CM Touch will probably work too - seems a bit more complex though) If you are flashing ROM's having TWRP or some other custom recovery is always a good idea and I'm sure most people have one of them.
2 - Always do a complete backup with TWRP before flashing anything new. You did a backup before going to Lollipop didn't you?
3 - So you are tired of the white screen, battery sucking, quirky Lollipop or maybe that Cyanogen Lollipop mod didn't quite work for you and you want the old Kitkat back. So fire up TWRP, go into Advanced wipe and wipe Dalvik Cache, System, Data and Cache. You aren't done wiping yet though. After you swiped to wipe those go back to the previous page and Swipe to Factory Reset. That may not actually make any difference but I just did it for good measure and my method worked great.
4 - Now without out even needing to reboot find your latest backup of Kitkat 4.4.2 that you have on your Internal SD or External SD card (you do keep one there don't you in case your phone glitches on you while you are out and about?)
5 - Do a Restore of everything - Boot, Recovery, System, Data, Cache.
6 - Reboot. You are done.
Firstly I need to add that I had flashed Cyanogen Mod 12.1 (Lollipop 5.1) after following directions here in the main Cyanogen subforum to flash that on my KitKat 4.4.2 Galaxy S5 phone. What may be noteworthy is that after flashing CM 12.1 I ran the App PhoneInfo Plus (made mostly for Samsungs) and the OS version showed as Lollipop 5.1 but some of the build numbers to my recollection showed 4.4.2. So this was not a stock Lollipop OTA - it was the Cyanogen mod of Lollipop made by developers here. I just assumed they started with Lollipop to make that latest 5.1 build but I haven't followed the Cyanogen mod much at all so I don't know if they have borrowed bits and pieces of Kitkat in their builds. If they have done that then this downgrade method may not work the same for an OTA Lollipop.
Another warning - I noticed in the Motorola subforum here that some people bricked their phone trying this type of downgrade with TWRP however I believe that is because they had Verizon phones with locked bootloaders and that is not the case for my phone (US Cellular) or any other phones beside VZ as far as I know. If you have a Verizon with locked bootloader beware! I will also add that on my first boot after restoring Kitkat 4.4.2 that the second the home screen was up I started quickly scanning through my app pages and the phone rebooted itself. I believe it wasn't fully done loading the OS and it just was a hiccup. It has not happened since after trying all sort of things. Everything is working great.
I saw most people recommending to use Odin to flash a stock Kitkat firmware back on the phone in order to downgrade from Lollipop. Then you need to re-install all your apps or maybe do a restore of a recovery but with this method using TWRP you bypass most of that and get it all done in one TWRP session.
Another note about what I read people having a problem with upon downgrading - some were losing their IMEI when using Odin to flash the original firmware. I still have my original IMEI with no problem. That is another reason I think this method may be better than using Odin for this downgrade. I'll add that there are a lot of people around here with a whole lot more knowledge about flashing and custom ROM's than me so don't take my ideas as hard fact without doing your own research for your particular phone and particular situation.
I can copy FROM the internal and external SD card to PC but not PC to either internal or external SD card and the permissions seem to be correct for the folders I'm trying to copy into. Anyone have any ideas on that? However I was able to use AirDroid (Wifi) to copy files to the phone from the PC - no real surprise there but it reaffirms that I can write to those folders - just not with the USB cable.
More info. I just decided to run the App KitKat external SD Card patch. It failed. I believe I ran that before flashing Lollipop and it worked but now it fails. ?? I don't know if it is related to this problem since both internal and external SD are having a problem - but only via USB.
I tried another Galaxy S5 with same computer and cable and that one works fine to copy to the SD cards so that eliminates the cable or computer. AirDroid - Wifi works but only a problem one way with USB - WTF?
droidzer1 said:
I tried another Galaxy S5 with same computer and cable and that one works fine to copy to the SD cards so that eliminates the cable or computer. AirDroid - Wifi works but only a problem one way with USB - WTF?
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Well thanks to TWRP AND Odin all is well once again in Androidland
Hello, I have a huge problem with my Tab 4. As you can see in the video, my Tab 4 will not go to the start screen. I have tried booting into recovery mode and tried the options in there. I installed the stock ROM, but it didn't help. Please someone help me:crying:
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Hello, I have a huge problem with my Tab 4. As you can see in the video, my Tab 4 will not go to the start screen. I have tried booting into recovery mode and tried the options in there. I installed the stock ROM, but it didn't help. Please someone help me:crying:
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Try samsung kies or download stock firmware and flash with odin
I have the exact same thing. I deleted android off of mine because I rooted it. I fd up after i rooted it doing something wrong. now I'm trying to get it to work again. I wiped mine (you may have to also) now I'm trying to find android 5.0.1 to load on it. I need help too. But I know some stuff about our tablet.
T530NU - Bootloop Freeze
Resurrecting this thread after over a year hoping someone is paying attention...
I have the same problem as well. I have downgraded from 5.0.2 to 4.4.2 hoping that would work. I have the exact same issue as seen in the video above. I flashed PACMAN custom ROM and GAPPS 6.0 nano last night and was able to get in and through setup, but the wifi will not work nor does it detect any nearby networks.
Looking for answers here... Corrupted partitions maybe? I have stable stock ROM's
Maybe sideload APK's to evaluate/fix the issue from the ui side - if any apps exist?
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Resurrecting this thread after over a year hoping someone is paying attention...
I have the same problem as well. I have downgraded from 5.0.2 to 4.4.2 hoping that would work. I have the exact same issue as seen in the video above. I flashed PACMAN custom ROM and GAPPS 6.0 nano last night and was able to get in and through setup, but the wifi will not work nor does it detect any nearby networks.
Looking for answers here... Corrupted partitions maybe? I have stable stock ROM's
Maybe sideload APK's to evaluate/fix the issue from the ui side - if any apps exist?
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Update:
Been working on this throughout the day. I have CM14.1 installed with GAPPS 7.1.
Ran system, data, and cache partitions through change (ext4 to exFAT to ext4) and repair in TWRP 3.1.0.
I am able to run through the boot up, but now the interface is crashing about 3 minutes in and rebooting with no variances in this process.
Still no wifi and no networks showing where I know they should be...
Corrupt Data and Cache Partitions Cannot be Fixed with e2fsck
Update:
Partition repair, while working, is not fully fixing the cache and data partitions, which I believe to be the issues. I am beginning to learn the Linux environment even more now as I learn how to fix this issue
# e2fsck /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/cache is returning a percentage that is non-contiguous for the cache partition
fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0p24 did not seem to work
This may move beyond just this thread and into its own thread as it involves troubleshooting the Android OS in general.
To any devs out there that may view this, I am looking for some direction on how best to proceed. Next step would be to re-partition manually. If there are additional tools available to be able to further investigate the partitions then I would be happy to know what they are.
Thanks in advance for any help!
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Cache and data do not seem to be the issue...
I am beginning to find a lot more info on this issue and wonder if the OTA update to the tab from KK to LP caused the issues that I am seeing - no wifi or BT. Still no stock firmware bootup though I am able to get in to the interface via custom ROM's.
Now dumping modem, efs, modemst1, modemst2, fsc, fsg, and backup partitions to view information in the files.
Update:
I hate problems that fix themselves!
I pulled APNHLOS, modem, efs, modemst1, modemst2, and boot partitions for further evaluation yesterday using the dd if= of= command - no results yet. However this morning I Odin-flashed stock 4.4.2 KK to see if I could pull something from logcat before it crashed. For whatever reason, I am now running stable stock ROM with TWRP and no SU binary installed - one problem just fixed itself. Still no wifi and BT yet, though.