Well, let me start from the beginning. I am sorta of new to the whole android modification arena, and the sidekick 4g is my first android phone, but I have learned a lot since june and so it's not like I don't know most of my way around the low level software hacking and such. I was there when clockworkmod was released, and I was there when smooth maximus was first published, I know what is going on, and what is in recent sidekick 4g hacking news. That aside, I rooted my phone around june 10th ish, and it was fine. Then I installed clockworkmo, and with a few forum reading I managed to fix all the litte mistakes I made and everything was fine again. Then I decided to flash smooth maximus gingerclone v1 after become more comforable with the whole idea(skipped over the first couple of smooth maximus ROMs). And part of tmobile android is having an app called tmobile contacts backup. EXTREMELY helpful for a person like me, I hate having to put contacts back in, and syncing from gmail didn't solve my problems either, it just wasn't the same . So I could freely download this app from the market wenever I pleased, with no trouble. Getting it back on my phone after flashing gingerclone v1 was no hassle. Then a few days ago gingerclone v2 came out. I followed the same procedures as before, but fell into a bit of trouble when flashing gingerclone v2, ad gingerclone v1 would keep booting up anyway. But I eventually got it working by just kept following instructions again and again. And before I flashed, I backed up a few apps with titanium(great app)(and made a NANDroid backup of course) but I didn't back up tmobile contacts backup because I thought I could just download it from the market(forshadowing). So I got gingerclone v2, and I tried downloading tmobile contacts backup and it was gone from the market. Just plain disappeared. And I looked on other websites, some no link, some saying it had been removed. Then I got the the online market on my computer, and google said that the app was not compatible with my sidekick 4g, not when it had stock ROM, or when it had custom ROM. I was confused. So I did what the poster of smooth maximus said to do if we wanted to keep our apps when we flashed over. In recovery, go to backup\restore>advanced restore> restore data. And all my apps were there(not functioning, but a simple reinstall would fix the problem. But I couldn't reinstall tmobile contacts backup because I couldn't find it anywhere to download. So I decided to restore my entire nandroid backup and I had gingerclone v1 again, but a lott more app were gone(including market, etc.) And I was used to this happening(didn't know if that was a good thing though) and so I couldn't download titanium backup to back up tmobile contacts backup and try gingerclone v2 again. So I decided to ODIN to stock ROM. Seemed easy enough, I had already lost everything, why not try it?(forshadowing). I followed ayoteddy's guide exactly step by step, and when I did ODIN, it got to the last section, and then said FAILED(on the computer) in the box as it turned red. I tried it again and it wouldn't do anything so I figured all I could do it just try and boot up the phone. I did, and it showed the sidekick bootloader but with the android logo flickering along with it. It booted and did all the female robot voices(patitioning...estimated time: 2 minutes, etc.) And then it booted just fine. It really started to mess up this morning, freezing rampantly and going back to a black screen with the android logo and light shining across it(like the windows 7 loading bar) and about an hour later all of a sudden it stopped messing up, everything was quick and jumpy and fast(for a stock rom, it was as fast as smooth maximus gingerclone, and I got a quadrant score of around 1500!, weird I thought so) I double checked to make sure it was stock rom and it was. So I decided to try to root it, and superoneclick rooted it, and always got stuck at putting su in system\xbin, it never got past that part. So I had to leave it at that. I want to ODIN again and try to make it work, but I have no way of getting to "download" mode and doing it. Not through the software, and I tried the volume +, trackball, power combo and it has never worked(trust me, I've tried). So I was hoping maybe you guys can tell me I'm doing something wrong, I'd really like to hear that right now. How do I get to "download" mode without rooting? Maybe take me step by step to do it the hardware way. I might even just root it through adb and make sure everything goes right? Any suggestions would be nice. Thanks in advance everyone for your help!
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Wow.. you went through alot for that Tmobile backups app. but i have it posted in my TouchMIUIwiz ROM thread . Heres the link Tmobile Backup
And heres how you get into download mode. Just remove your battery, open odin and load the pit into the pit slot and the tar into pda, then plug your phone in without the battery. Now this part is a bit awkward but it works 100% , while holding the vol down and trackpad put the battery in. you must put it in while holding that button combo and you will get into download mode
and BTW it was running so fast on stock cause the lagfix was enabled (thats what that voice was doing)
Oh gosh thank you! I need to look more often. I really appreciate your help ayoteddy. After i follow those directions I should know how to handle the rest! On a sidenote, I am a HUGE fan of your work, without people like you and all the other developers who give each android phone a fair chance to flourish(especially the good ones), android would be...not as good as it is now. Once again I'd like to thank you for your help and I hope everything goes fine!
so, I've done download mode and tried ODIN. I get the same fail message. I will continue but I would like to know if this will cause any problems in the future...
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so, I've done download mode and tried ODIN. I get the same fail message. I will continue but I would like to know if this will cause any problems in the future...
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You will be fine it should boot up normally, and cause no problems
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well i read through your guide again and i checked re-partition and everything went through just fine again! I'm on the road to gingerclone v2 once more...
ratchetdude101 said:
well i read through your guide again and i checked re-partition and everything went through just fine again! I'm on the road to gingerclone v2 once more...
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I hope all goes well
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wow. everything worked out great. i feel like i am treating my sidekick 4g the way it deserves to be treated; with gingerclone v2 AND tmobile contacts backup. thanks again!
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Long time lurker, but i dont think i have posted before...so sorry if this is on the wrong place/already been answered, if that is the case i would love be be redirected to where i should go.
Anyways, after updating this morning, everything worked fine other that some occasion lag. But when i opened up handcent, it was just a black screen. so i reinstalled it, and still no dice. the default messaging app had the same problem. If someone texted me i wouldnt get it, and there was no way for me to send out a text. then, when my battery went down to red, all of a sudden it worked like normal. i was able to charge it and even when the battery was full it still worked. However, when i reset my phone, it stopped working again, and resumed working when my battery got to red. Im pretty sure those are the only symptoms i noticed...Any ideas on what is going on/what i can do to remedy it?
And fyi, i was rooted before the upgrade and have rooted since. I had oclf, but disabled it before i upgraded.
Shameless bump, I really need help
Only thing I can think of is a bad install of the update. I would suggest going back to 2.1 using odin and then reinstalling the froyo update
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So step one of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Then follow the installation of 2.2 as samsungs website outlines? Would that require me to restore all of my apps and settings from tibu again?
Thanks
ahurley said:
So step one of http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=884364
Then follow the installation of 2.2 as samsungs website outlines? Would that require me to restore all of my apps and settings from tibu again?
Thanks
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Yea if you are going to flash back to odin you will need to back up all user apps using titanium backup. Make sure you do not restore any system apps though as that can cause problems. Also you will lose your texts so I would recommend backing them up. I use sms backup+
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My friend had the same problem and had to go back to 2.1 and re-install the update and then it worked. Seems like the update didn't install correctly on a handful of Captivates.
okay so i still haven't done this because of how long restoring everything with tibu takes, but if I am gonna have to go through this process again, should i just make my first venture into flashing a custom rom? Am i correct in thinking that flashing wont be messed up because of the current glitch i have because it all reverts back to stock as the first step anyways?
On my 4th G2x. Same problems as the others. Reboots on its on, sleep of death. In fact this morning I was talking on phone and it shut down. I had to remove battery and reboot.
I called Customer Service that has always been super nice. This time they said, oh, since this is your 4th and this one just in 6 days I can't help you I have to send you to Tech. The Tech guy basically said "known software problem, sending replacement won't do any good. Can't give you different phone. Maybe it is your SD card and apps you have loaded. He actually told me Facebook app could cause it to shut down. Said to reset to factory, remove SD card and use it for 3 days with no apps. After 3 days if all is well then start adding apps. I asked what if it has problems during the 3 days? He said, 'there is nothing we can do. I will report this to LG and they will send out an update. I don't know when but they will update the software".
WTH?! So I am done. I will do the root. Now i just need to read all these great threads to figure out how and which version! Wish i could just pay one of you to do it for me!
Thanks for letting me rant.
I've been running stock since August with no issues but I really wanted the LG Camera app so I installed CWR and flashed the WeaponX rom with no issues. Everything works and it's even smoother then stock Gingerbread. Just follow the directions to the T and the process should take less than fifteen minutes if you have all your files ready to go.
Enjoy!
seangprice said:
I've been running stock since August with no issues but I really wanted the LG Camera app so I installed CWR and flashed the WeaponX rom with no issues. Everything works and it's even smoother then stock Gingerbread. Just follow the directions to the T and the process should take less than fifteen minutes if you have all your files ready to go.
Enjoy!
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Thanks! Which directions did you follow? There are a number of threads here.
The directions are a bit confusing as they reference other threads and then have comments stating this step is now obsolete. etc. Seems like I first need to get the ROM Manger?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager.license&feature=search_result
Correct?
i followed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715 and was fine. this was my first root as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
I used this method to NvFlash and install Clockwork recovery which is the basic software you need in order to flash ROMs. You do not need ROM Manager. Once you've done the NvFlash and installed CWR you can copy your ROMs to the SD card or phone storage and flash through Clockwork Recovery. Make sure you backup your stock install through CWR prior to flashing anything new so you can return the phone to a usable state.
As always follow the directions verbatim, some steps take time as well. Also make sure your battery is 100% charged... If it dies during any portion of the process bad things can happen.
I had all of those issues until I flashed cm7... then the issues became very minimal... I once had 8 reboots in a day on stock rom, during phone calls and everything... You are definitely taking a step in the right direction
P.S. my wife has completely stock phone on stock rom and has Facebook app with no issues, she just got lucky I guess
To OP: do you have 2.2 or 2.3 installed as your stock rom... read carefully there are different instructions for both
Never use ROM Manager. Even if it worked perfectly on our phone I still would never recommend it. I've seen it cause more harm than good.
Anyways, you don't even technically need root to flash a ROM.
Just NVFlash CWM. After that you can upgrade to the latest CWM via ADB. Then flash your desired ROM. I suggest CM7.
yeah, you know ROM manager... now forget it. Use NVflash and clockwork
I got myself in trouble!
I followed instructions and all went well. I installed the GB, no problems. No I was brave so I thought I would try the Cyanogen mod. It too installed fine. I don't like it. Now i can't get rid of it! I tried reinstalling the GB and the cyanogen won't go away! i tried restore to factory, but it won't go away!!
Please lend me your advice on how to remove Cyanogen mod!
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I got myself in trouble!
I followed instructions and all went well. I installed the GB, no problems. No I was brave so I thought I would try the Cyanogen mod. It too installed fine. I don't like it. Now i can't get rid of it! I tried reinstalling the GB and the cyanogen won't go away! i tried restore to factory, but it won't go away!!
Please lend me your advice on how to remove Cyanogen mod!
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Then just wipe and flash a new ROM.
Make sure you wipe data, cache, dalvik then format system before flashing new ROM.
Clearly I am a dunce.
I uninstalled the driver on pc. Did a reinstall. Flashed ROM again. Installed GB zip. rebooted and the dang Cyanogen MOD is still there!
I even went over all steps again, this time flashing back to stock. Still Cyanogen MOD is boots up
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Clearly I am a dunce.
I uninstalled the driver on pc. Did a reinstall. Flashed ROM again. Installed GB zip. rebooted and the dang Cyanogen MOD is still there!
I even went over all steps again, this time flashing back to stock. Still Cyanogen MOD is boots up
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Yes yes you are when you flash a new rom wipe data wipe cache wipe dalvik and wipe system
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i remember, I followed this video.
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2x/
to install a new rom
remember: (once you've copied the zip on sd card, power the phone to enter into clockwork and steps)
1. back up and restore
2. wipe data/ factory reset
3. install zip from sd card
so far, it hasn't failed me
you can skip the first one, but shouldn't
Just download Weapon if you want to go back to stock. Its Stock with a few needed tweaks and fixes. Very stable and no issues.
G2x - 2.3.7 CM7
Transformer - 3.2 Revolver OC/UV
The reboot issue were in all my G2X(3). Only rom that fixed that was Weapon G2X. Running a custom rom is the way to go with this phone, otherwise you'll go through 100 replacements with same issues.
Today I did an exchange for my brother's line which he has the G2X and the rep told me I could get a brown color G2X because they no longer carry original color or a Sensation. (Not sure what he was talking about brown color because I thought all G2X were the same color other than the white floating around)
So I decided to just get the Sensation, I know it's got issues of it's own, but will give it a shot because I want the G2X to just be a memory of the past.
This phone could have been a beast, but will never live to it's full potential.
Good luck and if you need to exchange again and you don't mind getting a Sensation I would suggest bringing that up to the rep.
Hercules Hercules!!
I'm a little confused...I've been using ROM Manager just fine...?
Neejay said:
I'm a little confused...I've been using ROM Manager just fine...?
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If you screw up and can't boot up, ROM manager cannot get you into recovery. Only an NV flashed clockworkmod recovery will boot up in the event of a boot loop.
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Neejay said:
I'm a little confused...I've been using ROM Manager just fine...?
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You don't have recovery with Rom Manager, yeah it flashes all the roms but if you get into a bootloop or worse then you are SOL.
Hercules Hercules!!
Neejay said:
I'm a little confused...I've been using ROM Manager just fine...?
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Rom manager works just fine. However, like previously said, you just need to NVFlash first for safety reasons.
From a complete stock G2x, NVFlash, Nandroid Backup, and flash a previously downloaded rom (Weapon or CM7 or MIUI or Eaglesblood or any of the other wonderful roms). Custom roms have root so THEN you can go to town with Rom Manager.
I use Rom Manager as my primary flashing service because it not only downloads them, but will automatically reboot into recovery, perform your desired wipe options, and flash. With CM7 it will automatically check for the latest GAPPS and flash it too in one fowl swoop.
Just have to NVFlash first.
I NVFlashed my neighbors G2x the day he got it and, while he didn't want to try custom roms just yet, we did a Nandroid Backup just for laughs. Now he's running MIUI.
Guys, I have a huge problem. I installed DPI Modder Pro the other day and set to 160. Everything was cool until I realized I could not make a call after installing 7/1. I see the time increasing and the other person I'm calling is getting the call but I can't hear anything, sometimes though its just stuck on "dialing" yet the other person's phone is ringing. I luckily backed up right after installing the 6/30 nightly but I can only use the phone after the first boot from a restore. If I reboot, calls are gone again. Can't make them, can't get them. I flashed back to stock via Odin and was able to repeatedly reboot and have phone access with rogers 2.3.5 stock. I did a clean CM9 install and like usual, the first boot ran the call no problem but after a reboot, nothing. I don't know what else to try. I've fixed permissions, wiped with CWR, you name it. I'm stuck on 6/30 and I can't power down or reboot or I have to restore to get calls back.
Please help. PLEASE.
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Guys, I have a huge problem. I installed DPI Modder Pro the other day and set to 160. Everything was cool until I realized I could not make a call after installing 7/1. I see the time increasing and the other person I'm calling is getting the call but I can't hear anything, sometimes though its just stuck on "dialing" yet the other person's phone is ringing. I luckily backed up right after installing the 6/30 nightly but I can only use the phone after the first boot from a restore. If I reboot, calls are gone again. Can't make them, can't get them. I flashed back to stock via Odin and was able to repeatedly reboot and have phone access with rogers 2.3.5 stock. I did a clean CM9 install and like usual, the first boot ran the call no problem but after a reboot, nothing. I don't know what else to try. I've fixed permissions, wiped with CWR, you name it. I'm stuck on 6/30 and I can't power down or reboot or I have to restore to get calls back.
Please help.
Try installing a custom from like embryo for Samsung galaxy s2 skyrocket and install it and apply a radio, the developer has a list of the radios which are compatible. Afterwards make sure your data is turned on sometimes when I turn off my phone and reboot my settings get rearranged to where I can't use the web with 4g etc. I hope either of this two things help you out mate
Good luck.
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Thanks man. I love CM9, things were going perfectly with the nigntlies and all of a sudden this. It's such a kick in the balls man, from laughing it it up with the sickest ROM to not being able to power the phone off. I'm at a loss here, I've tried everything I can think of. Like when you flash stock with Odin then do a clean install of CM9 you'd think the problem would be gone. Nope.
Try out embryo. You'll like it
It works, its fast, you get S voice, and you get the newest touch wiz launcher if your a fan.
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Wrong post above. I am sry mate I hope you find a way to fix it. Make sure you wipe cache and dalvik. However, their is a way to fix it and I hope you find it.
Samsung Galaxy s2 Nuclear Rocket - Embryo 3.2 [UCLE2 BASE]
iPhone 4S - Gave it away, not cool enough
iPhone 3GS - Went for a Swim
Dog - Custom Rom [Golden Retriever] [BEAR2 BASE]
I went from loving this phone to wanting a bus to drive over it. This is bull****.
You can't lower the dpi to anything lower than 190 on cm based ROMs
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u do realize its ur own fault right lol? this is a well documented issue, the phone.apk won't work with anything below 190 dpi, thus the reason for ur distress. Turn it up, or search for a modified phone.apk that will work at that dpi that was kicking around in the cm9 thread, but you'll have to look a waaayz bacl
No dude, you don't get it. I've wiped. I've Odin back to stock, full wipe all the way. I rebooted a few times on rogers ics stock and it worked. I then installed cm9 from the ground up using the chopsticks guide. It went perfectly, then, after reboot, boom, no calls. This is with 240dpi in tact.I can text, wifi, data, etc. no problem. But phone, nope. Any reboot of any kind kills the phone, regardless of dpi. I have the modified phone.apk, no difference.
pls help
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No dude, you don't get it. I've wiped. I've Odin back to stock, full wipe all the way. I rebooted a few times on rogers ics stock and it worked. I then installed cm9 from the ground up using the chopsticks guide. It went perfectly, then, after reboot, boom, no calls. This is with 240dpi in tact.I can text, wifi, data, etc. no problem. But phone, nope. Any reboot of any kind kills the phone, regardless of dpi. I have the modified phone.apk, no difference.
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Same problem here. .did u find solution?? Pls help
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Same problem here. .did u find solution?? Pls help
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From a reboot I always open up my browser and let it load a webpage, followed by opening up Google Play and letting it load. Then I open the phone and test a call. 9/10 times it works doing it that way. I think the radio isn't loading first like it should be or something. Either way, that's my workaround for this phone I hate/love.
Im back to stock 4.0.3 and now workes fine
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Okay guys, I'm only 14 and this really confused me.
I was running the Rom Glorious Overdose V2 and everything was as smooth as butter for several of weeks. All of a sudden everything started force closing and everything became unusable. So I wanted to restore the backup I made with the red Voodoo recovery. I watched all of the logs run and say I had a successful recovery from the backup. When I rebooted the phone, I was stuck at the Sidekick boot screen.
Eventually I was able to ODIN back to the stock Rom but I'm still very confused as to why restoring a backup bricked the phone.
Does anyone know or have ideas why it happened?
Sounds like a permission thing, could've ran a fix. Also mightve been a certain change from your point, to the point in time where you made a backup.
P.S. I'm 12.
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You also can run into problems trying to roll back to the stock kernel and file system.
It's a known issue if you read around the forum a little bit.
Oneplus One on 5.1.1 (12.1) on jgcaap's 11/30/2015 build. I used to be really into flashing and modding phones but have since moved and changed jobs. I just haven't been able to enjoy this hobby lately, or several others. Over the last month or so any time I reboot the phone it is missing several apps when it comes back on. This happens whether I manually reboot, or if an error causes it reboot on its own. This morning it rebooted on its own and lost Google Play Services... Now I can't use the market, and many of the apps I have cannot work either.
I want to install a new ROM. I am concerned with the process because I will be coming from such an old build. I am going to start researching ROM's but I need to get it done soon. I hate to be the guy who shows up not having done his research. Since this is the "help" forum I was hoping someone would be willing to give me a little guidance. I just need a reliable ROM, doesn't have to be the fastest or too fancy. I will post up here when I decide which one to try but I am completely open to suggestions.
In the short term I plan to re-install gapps. I found the old tkGapps thread and downloaded the mini modular package. So hopefully doing that will buy me some time.
Thank you for reading, and any guidance will be greatly appreciated.
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I want to install a new ROM. I am concerned with the process because I will be coming from such an old build. I am going to start researching ROM's but I need to get it done soon. I hate to be the guy who shows up not having done his research. Since this is the "help" forum I was hoping someone would be willing to give me a little guidance. I just need a reliable ROM, doesn't have to be the fastest or too fancy. I will post up here when I decide which one to try but I am completely open to suggestions.
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https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...development/official-dotos-v1-0-t3703159/amp/
Just wipe everything except internal and flash rom+gapps.
Kthxbye.
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https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...development/official-dotos-v1-0-t3703159/amp/
Just wipe everything except internal and flash rom+gapps.
Kthxbye.
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Looks organized! I'll give it a try. I will read about it tonight while it is downloading. I live remote now so sloooow internet. It will give me some time to read.
So, it won't cause any issue going straight from 5.1.1 to this 7.x.x ROM? Years ago on Samsungs it had to be done in steps sometimes.
Thank you so much for the reply.
Installed with no drama! I was so concerned there would be some kind of Samsung-esque step maneuver/install this kernal then flash this rom, then after that install the ROM stuff... So easy!! Thanks!
Questions:
1. do I need Busybox? I run a few root apps. I don't know if we still use this.
2. is Titanium Backup fully functional in this build? I used to back up some of my more important apps then restore them with data. Of course no system apps.
3. Can't remember #3 so #3 is Thank goodness this fixed my phone! Thank you Sir!
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Installed with no drama! I was so concerned there would be some kind of Samsung-esque step maneuver/install this kernal then flash this rom, then after that install the ROM stuff... So easy!! Thanks!
Questions:
1. do I need Busybox? I run a few root apps. I don't know if we still use this.
2. is Titanium Backup fully functional in this build? I used to back up some of my more important apps then restore them with data. Of course no system apps.
3. Can't remember #3 so #3 is Thank goodness this fixed my phone! Thank you Sir!
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1. I don't remember any app that uses Busybox these days.
2. Ofcourse.
3. Kthxbye
Problem still exists with new ROM.
I was out of town yesterday and thought my phone was working correctly. Some of my google contacts were missing but that was easy enough to address. Today I rebooted my phone to install super su using twrp. I haven't had to root this phone in literally 2 years. I read here to install super su in recovery. Here's the problem. When the phone was booted up it is now missing about 40% of the apps I had previously installed. I installed all of them from the play store manually. Now I am starting to think my phone has a hardware problem, which makes me sad. I really love this phone.
I did a quick search trying to find someone with a similar problem but was unsuccessful. I haven't been able to search more thoughouly yet. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.
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I was out of town yesterday and thought my phone was working correctly. Some of my google contacts were missing but that was easy enough to address. Today I rebooted my phone to install super su using twrp. I haven't had to root this phone in literally 2 years. I read here to install super su in recovery. Here's the problem. When the phone was booted up it is now missing about 40% of the apps I had previously installed. I installed all of them from the play store manually. Now I am starting to think my phone has a hardware problem, which makes me sad. I really love this phone.
I did a quick search trying to find someone with a similar problem but was unsuccessful. I haven't been able to search more thoughouly yet. If anyone has any ideas I'd love to hear them.
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Could you tell me which SuperSU you flashed?
Today this is the one I installed. https://download.chainfire.eu/1220/SuperSU/SR5-SuperSU-v2.82-SR5-20171001224502.zip I believe it is version 2.82.
When I installed the ROM it asked me at the end if I wanted to install super su, because twrp didn't detect root. I slid the bar to allow it, but I never got root access. That is why I tried the one I manually downloaded today.
In case it makes a difference I am using an older version of twrp. It was the good one to use back then. I don't know what version it is, and I am afraid to reboot my phone to find out.
Any ideas on this?
I have been unable to get root. So I haven't been able to use any root tools to work on it. Can't backup or restore apps. I wanted to try a trim app to trim the nand.
If I don't come up with a better idea before tonight I plan to reinstall DotOS again with Gapps. Then just try to not ever reboot the phone. I can't afford a new device right now. I may just have to flash it fresh every week or two. I guess that will keep my phone light.
I have installed 2 different ROM's now and this problem persists. If my phone reboots it will delete about half my apps. If it was a Samsung I would "Odin back to stock" and hope for the best. I don't think that is possible on this device.
If I find a solution I will post here about it. Otherwise this problem is a death sentence for this phone. I am only posting this now so if this happens to someone else's device they can see how it went with mine.
plasticglock said:
I have installed 2 different ROM's now and this problem persists. If my phone reboots it will delete about half my apps. If it was a Samsung I would "Odin back to stock" and hope for the best. I don't think that is possible on this device.
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I appreciate your help MR. AK. I had seen that thread but didn't realize what it would do. I flashed my phone back to stock using the files and directions in that thread. after i was done I let it run like that for a short time then installed a custom ROM and Gapps. That was Sunday and now on Tuesday I have installed most of my apps and rebooted the phone 3 times. It hasn't lost any apps! *knocks on wood* So far so good! Now I just have to read up on that screen cable issue. The bottom still smears out sometimes.
Thanks again for the help Mr. AK. I used to be into flashing all the time but have hit hard times. I have't been able to keep up with everything like I used to. I have been modifying phones since before the Moto RAZR came out. Used to be a member at motomodders.net which is now defunct. I hope to get back into it soon. XDAdevs is a great community. Happy new year everyone!
I appreciate your help MR. AK. I had seen that thread but didn't realize what it would do. I flashed my phone back to stock using the files and directions in that thread. after i was done I let it run like that for a short time then installed a custom ROM and Gapps. That was Sunday and now on Tuesday I have installed most of my apps and rebooted the phone 3 times. It hasn't lost any apps! *knocks on wood* So far so good! Now I just have to read up on that screen cable issue. The bottom still smears out sometimes.
Thanks again for the help Mr. AK. I used to be into flashing all the time but have hit hard times. I have't been able to keep up with everything like I used to. I have been modifying phones since before the Moto RAZR came out. Used to be a member at motomodders.net which is now defunct. I hope to get back into it soon. XDAdevs is a great community. Happy new year everyone!