I decided to get a replacement phone to see if a newer one fixes any of my issues, but I have a few questions.
- It's rooted w/nvflash/CWM. Do I just need to use the nvflash app to replace the stock bootloader, then unroot, then factory reset?
- If I make a nandroid backup before doing this, once I get the new one, can I root it, nvflash it, and then flash my nandroid to it? Or is that not possible?
Thanks guys!
That's exactly what I just did yesterday waiting for my replacement to show up. Stock bootloader -> unroot -> factory reset. Dunno about the nandroid backup, I won't be using mine. I want to start fresh.
Nandroids are fine as long as the device your restoring is the same
Just for reference. I got the new phone, rooted/nvflash'd and restored my nandroid to the new device with no issues. I then un-nvflash'd, un-rooted, and did a factory reset to send the old one back to T-Mo.
No issues so far.
I'm on my 4th replacement and it should be arriving any minute. I just unrooted and reset, like the other person said. With the one I have arriving I'm going to root and restore from my other backup. Its very possible my friends, cheers!
I just wanted to update again and felt it wasn't necessary to start a new thread.
The replacement I got was significantly worse than my original. It was rebooting every 5-10 and sometimes it would reboot immediately upon rebooting. My rep sent me out my 2nd replacement and it has been up for 21 hours without a single reboot. This time I did not restore my Nandroid and started fresh. Like I said, just wanted to update.
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I followed the instructions exactly on this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663169
CM9 seemed to work fine for a while. I installed Titanium Backup and brought back my apps and just a bit of system data (contacts, voicemail, texts, etc). After I had restored those things, it said it suggested a reboot. I did that, but now it just reboots over and over. I can't get in to the OS for more than a few seconds before it reboots again. Help please!
As that thread specifies, I have a MX2 from CSpire. For now I don't care so much about getting CM9 working as just getting my phone back to a working state. I have both a nandroid and titanium backup on the sd card. I just need very specific instructions on how to get back to the way it was (2.3.6) given that I can't get in to the OS.
Edit: Pulling the battery doesn't resolve anything
Does it let you stay in long enough to remove the app/settings you restored? Are you able to get into recovery mode at all?
If you can get into recovery you might first want to try Fix Permissions and see how that works. If this does not solve it then consider doing a factory wipe and start restoring your apps/settings again one by one and rebooting in between until you get to the particular one that started your reboot problem.
What ROM were you on prior to CM9? Although they should be largely universal sometimes there are some slight changes in custom ROMs that might work well in many other ROMs but not in a select few. Other times it is an app that is not compatible.
The post below might be of some help since your phone seems to have a different method of getting into recovery than what I have dealt with so far.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=4395758
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This might help. It's a factory restore, like you just bought it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317707
After much sweat, tears, and button pressing, I have gotten it back to stock CM9 and it seems to be behaving as expected. I am going to install apps one by one and reboot between every install. Hopefully I'll find the culprit soon enough.
Hi Guys, my friend recently rooted my RAZR HD via TeamViewer but didn't install a custom ROM or a recovery. Before I did a factory reset to clean things up, I backed up everything to my SD card using Titanium. After finishing the backup, Titanium said I should reboot to finish the restoration. Every since then I've been bootlooped. Do any of you know of a solution to fix this?
Thanks,
Carter
I don't think Titanium asks for a reboot when doing any sort of back up. It will ask for a reboot when doing certain restorations. It doesn't ask you to reboot when restoring user apks but it does on system apk.
If I'm understanding your question right, you backed everything up but then you decided to restore everything. If you never installed a ROM then it is strange for it to boot loop. If hyou did install a ROM then it could have started to boot loop if you restored a system file that isn't compatible with the ROM.
What I would do is start from scratch. Factory reset the phone, re-root, re-install Titanium, and restore only the user apps and your SMS messages if you save them. It's a slight hassle but only about 1 hour worth of your time. By the time you begin trying debug everything to find the culprit you would have lost hours.
CMSchuld said:
Hi Guys, my friend recently rooted my RAZR HD via TeamViewer but didn't install a custom ROM or a recovery. Before I did a factory reset to clean things up, I backed up everything to my SD card using Titanium. After finishing the backup, Titanium said I should reboot to finish the restoration. Every since then I've been bootlooped. Do any of you know of a solution to fix this?
Thanks,
Carter
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I don't know if it will work in this situation but you might try wiping cache/dalvik cache in the recovery. That way you aren't starting from scratch. If this doesn't work, try the above suggestion instead.
Sorry for the late response. Did another factory reset and didn't use Titanium this time. Anyone know how to get my texts back though?
CMSchuld said:
Sorry for the late response. Did another factory reset and didn't use Titanium this time. Anyone know how to get my texts back though?
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If you saved everything in titanium backup... then you have a backup of your messages. Open Titanium, click the batch tab, scroll to the restore section, and then restore and only restore the message thing. It should be a green color and on the right it should say xml. It will restore all your texts and mms. Just don't get confused and restore the messenger app.
If you have a lot, then be patient and make a sandwich, it's a little slow.
Hello,
My Nexus 5 is making a cracking/popping noise when I touch the screen in the bottom right corner and I get all kinds of colored lines across the screen. I attached some pictures I have and no, the phone was never dropped. The lines go away when I press on the screen but come back until I reboot. I am planning on contacting Google for a warranty issue through google play store but I have a few questions. I have CyanogenMod M8 installed on it along with TWRP recovery along with Titanium Backup Pro and a slew of other paid apps and customizations for rooted phones.
1) I've seen mixed answers regarding restoring the phone prior to RMA..will they take my phone back with it being flashed or should I revert it to factory?
2) If going back to factory condition, should I do that BEFORE I contact them and they call me back regarding the phone issues?
3) If I want the new phone setup exactly like my current phone is now, what would I do? Is it as easy as making a full backup with TWRP and moving it to my computer then when the new phone comes in, get TWRP setup again then recover from the backup?
Thanks for any help you can give.!
I would flash the factory image before you send it back and restore the tamper flag. No need to do that before you call then as they'll probably have you try to do a factory reset.
You can make a nandroid in twrp, but DO NOT backup the efs partition. You'll be able to flash that on your new phone
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Definitely restore it to stock using the factory images before sending it back. People have mixed opinions about locking the bootloader or not, but it's very easy to do so why not?
I would restore it to stock before I called them. They may ask you to do some troubleshooting and might want you to tell them what some of the fields say in "About Phone" including the build number, and that's easier to give them if you're on stock rather than CM
You can take a TWRP backup, but as mentioned above do not backup the EFS partition. If you restore EFS to a different phone you will lose your IMEI and will not be able to get cell service
I personally wouldn't bother with resetting the tamper flag but it can't hurt. I RMA'd two Nexus 4s before I even knew about the tamper flag and didn't have an issue. From my experience as long as it's back to stock Google doesn't seem to care if it's been rooted before.
Thanks for the information! Guess It's time to grab the LG flashtool since that will restore and reset the flag in one shot. I saw a nifty threat on it in the forum. Thanks again!
Go back to stock first. They will make you do all the troubleshooting junk first factory reset etc. Once they determine that its hardware they will start the RMA process. I just RMA'd mine and went all the way back to stock locked bootloader and tamper flag reset just to be safe.
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I went to make a backup and I attached a screenshot of my options, I don't see any EFS partition?
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I went to make a backup and I attached a screenshot of my options, I don't see any EFS partition?
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Just use twrp's typical backup. Don't select anything extra. Boot, system, data is all you need
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I was mucking around with Titanium Backup and froze (*not uninstalled) Blinkfeed. Unfortunately, this caused my phone to crash. Now it will not boot. I am able to get it into CWM recovery, but I never made a .zip to recover from and now I just feel stupid. Is there any way to recover this?
Am I able to do a factory reset in order to get the phone working again? (And also, will this remove my root) The data I'm not terribly concerned about. All important pictures have been backed up already and there are no documents that are dire. I just need a working phone.
Thank you for any help you can provide!
I would just put a rom zip onto a microSD and flash that.
Although I wouldn't have thought that freezing BlinkFeed would crash your phone and get it stuck in a bootloop, so what do I know?
Performed a factory reset and that doesn't seem to have fixed the problem.
I'm going to look into flashing a rom but that is something I haven't done before and I'm not too comfortable with it.
Do you have any suggestions? I just want to keep the standard stuff (what it was shipped with). I was mainly rooting to get rid of bloatware and have a bit more freedom.
EDIT: Rebooted a second time and the factory reset seems to have taken hold. I'm back at square one but it is far better than nothing.
EDIT2: Not quite back at square one as my backup through Titanium Backup still existed and I was able to utilize that. Lost some contacts, call history, and texts. That's all!
Glad to hear that you were able to fix it. If you ever need a stock Sense rom, I would recommend CleanRom. Watch out though, its really easy to become a flashaholic
i did the same thing : )
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Glad to hear that you were able to fix it. If you ever need a stock Sense rom, I would recommend CleanRom. Watch out though, its really easy to become a flashaholic
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, but i actually did delete blinkfeed on the m8 verizon using titanium. screen went black. i can get into recovery mode, but no backup made yet because i havent decided on which rom i like best. i did a factory reset with no change after reboot. can i install a rom on my sd then use it to reboot my phone? please help. thanks in advance
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, but i actually did delete blinkfeed on the m8 verizon using titanium. screen went black. i can get into recovery mode, but no backup made yet because i havent decided on which rom i like best. i did a factory reset with no change after reboot. can i install a rom on my sd then use it to reboot my phone? please help. thanks in advance
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Or run the stock s-on ruu which doesn't wipe.
Finally ran into my first really dumb move today while messing with my phone (after 5 years of working with rooting and customization on android). A while back I changed one thing in my build.prop on rooted stock 4.4, but I had made a backup of the file first. Without thinking about just changing the one thing back to default, I replaced the back up file. Now my phone gets past the initial LG screen and just black after that with the flashing LED. Will the unroot method here bring my phone back to life? Pretty sure it will work as I am still on 4.4 but just want to make sure so I don't permabrick. I was planning on updating to Android L anyway so no biggee to me to lose apps and data as I have already made a backup.
EDIT: The method in question did work...flawlessly. My apologies for I should have read deeper.
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Finally ran into my first really dumb move today while messing with my phone (after 5 years of working with rooting and customization on android). A while back I changed one thing in my build.prop on rooted stock 4.4, but I had made a backup of the file first. Without thinking about just changing the one thing back to default, I replaced the back up file. Now my phone gets past the initial LG screen and just black after that with the flashing LED. Will the unroot method here bring my phone back to life? Pretty sure it will work as I am still on 4.4 but just want to make sure so I don't permabrick. I was planning on updating to Android L anyway so no biggee to me to lose apps and data as I have already made a backup.
EDIT: The method in question did work...flawlessly. My apologies for I should have read deeper.
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Glad it was solved.