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Evo 4 gingerbred not working

I just rooted my evo 4g and I deleted some system apps and have gingerbred 2.3 and I can't see my phone charge or the battery and time up on dock bar can't open market or other apps I restored back and everything worked so I tryed putting gingerbred back on and its back to nothing hardly working oh and I can't open my sound in the settings help me plz
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Looks like your only option is to wipe and reflash whatever rom it is youre using... However, you did post this in the wrong section, and some people tend to get anal about such things...

Almost sounds like you were using an Evervolv rom [happened to me when I was on it.] But what rom are you using? I suggest doing a clean wipe and installing the latest google apps.

alexdowell88 said:
I just rooted my evo 4g and I deleted some system apps and have gingerbred 2.3 and I can't see my phone charge or the battery and time up on dock bar can't open market or other apps I restored back and everything worked so I tryed putting gingerbred back on and its back to nothing hardly working oh and I can't open my sound in the settings help me plz
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Did you also flash the format file

Toxin715 said:
Did you also flash the format file
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That format file essentially does the same thing as wiping through recovery.

barnacles10 said:
That format file essentially does the same thing as wiping through recovery.
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I don't think it does. I don't think normal wiping in recovery wipes the system folder. That's what I read once. Might not be true, but I don't see it say "WIPING SYSTEM..." in Amon RA when I tell it to format. It does data, cache, and sd .secure, I think, but not system.
Edit 1: Oh, and I'm one of those people who are anal about where you post things. Have you never been to a forum before? CLEARLY there is a questions and answers sub-form under the Supersonic main forum section.
Edit 2: I just realized who I responded to. Barnacles, I'm guessing you know better than I do since you actually helped develop the ONLY stock Gingerbread ROM for the EVO that's out right now.

Refurbished G2X and Flashing ROMS

I'm currently using the newest Weapon G2X ROM on my phone...
Like many of you, this ROM is working just fine, but I get the itch to try something new.
I've tried to flash the new EaglesBlood release (1.9), and I've also tried the latest CM7 and MIUI.
I'm DEFINITELY NOT a pro at flashing ROMs, but I've done enough successful flashes to know how to do it correctly. In all of the above mentioned ROMS, my phone will freeze up on the boot screen, or I will get booted, but not even be able to sync a google account or reload apps... My phone will lock up and I'll have to battery pull.
In another thread this morning, I saw a user mention that the REFURBISHED handsets sometimes have problems with some ROMs and OC'd kernals...
Is anyone else having this problem? This kind of makes sense for me.

TeldenW said:
I'm currently using the newest Weapon G2X ROM on my phone...
Like many of you, this ROM is working just fine, but I get the itch to try something new.
I've tried to flash the new EaglesBlood release (1.9), and I've also tried the latest CM7 and MIUI.
I'm DEFINITELY NOT a pro at flashing ROMs, but I've done enough successful flashes to know how to do it correctly. In all of the above mentioned ROMS, my phone will freeze up on the boot screen, or I will get booted, but not even be able to sync a google account or reload apps... My phone will lock up and I'll have to battery pull.
In another thread this morning, I saw a user mention that the REFURBISHED handsets sometimes have problems with some ROMs and OC'd kernals...
Is anyone else having this problem? This kind of makes sense for me.
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That should not be the case. The only difference in a refurbished handset is the model number. Other than that, and the fact is is previously used but everything reflashed to stock by LG or TMO, the ROMs should work the same as a DW model phone.

jboxer said:
That should not be the case. The only difference in a refurbished handset is the model number. Other than that, and the fact is is previously used but everything reflashed to stock by LG or TMO, the ROMs should work the same as a DW model phone.
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I'm all out of ideas then... Do you have any idea why I'd have so much trouble loading other ROMs?
Like I mentioned, I'm no pro, but I've Flashed enough ROMs to think that I'm "good" at it.
I'm completely stumped.

TeldenW said:
I'm all out of ideas then... Do you have any idea why I'd have so much trouble loading other ROMs?
Like I mentioned, I'm no pro, but I've Flashed enough ROMs to think that I'm "good" at it.
I'm completely stumped.
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Before flashing a new ROM did you do a factory data reset, format the system partition and clear the Dalvik cache? If not you will have problems as you described. You need to wipe the phone clean between flashing different roms. If upgrading to a new version of the same rom you might get away without a wipe. But if you are changing roms the steps I mentioned above are essential or you will often get bootloops or the phone will lock up during boot.

jboxer said:
Before flashing a new ROM did you do a factory data reset, format the system partition and clear the Dalvik cache? If not you will have problems as you described. You need to wipe the phone clean between flashing different roms. If upgrading to a new version of the same rom you might get away without a wipe. But if you are changing roms the steps I mentioned above are essential or you will often get bootloops or the phone will lock up during boot.
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JBoxer, I make SURE to Reset/Wipe/Format/Clean everything EVERYTIME.
That's what I can't get figured out. I've been meticulous about it!
And I still get the frozen bootscreens and the lock ups.
Any other ideas?

Are you using rom manager because mine does that unless I use the cwm I installed from my computer
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monte666 said:
Are you using rom manager because mine does that unless I use the cwm I installed from my computer
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I'm using the NVFlash method.

Best ROM I found with the least problems
TeldenW said:
I'm currently using the newest Weapon G2X ROM on my phone...
Like many of you, this ROM is working just fine, but I get the itch to try something new.
I've tried to flash the new EaglesBlood release (1.9), and I've also tried the latest CM7 and MIUI.
I'm DEFINITELY NOT a pro at flashing ROMs, but I've done enough successful flashes to know how to do it correctly. In all of the above mentioned ROMS, my phone will freeze up on the boot screen, or I will get booted, but not even be able to sync a google account or reload apps... My phone will lock up and I'll have to battery pull.
In another thread this morning, I saw a user mention that the REFURBISHED handsets sometimes have problems with some ROMs and OC'd kernels...
Is anyone else having this problem? This kind of makes sense for me.
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the Best I've found if you want gingerbread style is Hellfire phoenix
or if you want ICS style is Hellfire sandwich v1.6 (which is what I am using for a while now)
the only problem that I found is the video camera but other than that everything else works fine on my G2X. they update couple times a month for the last 4 months so they are always trying to make things better for their users. if you have problems they are more than willing to try to help you with it. if you are using with a simple mobile setting it has a funny setup but it work very good (better wifi & phone signals)

adeptustech said:
the Best I've found if you want gingerbread style is Hellfire phoenix
or if you want ICS style is Hellfire sandwich v1.6 (which is what I am using for a while now)
the only problem that I found is the video camera but other than that everything else works fine on my G2X. they update couple times a month for the last 4 months so they are always trying to make things better for their users. if you have problems they are more than willing to try to help you with it. if you are using with a simple mobile setting it has a funny setup but it work very good (better wifi & phone signals)
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Second that but i'm on the GB til video can work good
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My original g2x could handle oc and UV big time, anything the devs put out . My replacement can only handle kernels with stock voltage and oc is unstable anything past 1.1ghz. So to answer your question, may be a coincidence or may just be bad luck on our part. Remember, not every processor is created equal despite being the same phone. I get tempted to get an additional replacement every once in a while but laziness tells me otherwise.
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TeldenW said:
JBoxer, I make SURE to Reset/Wipe/Format/Clean everything EVERYTIME.
That's what I can't get figured out. I've been meticulous about it!
And I still get the frozen bootscreens and the lock ups.
Any other ideas?
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Possibly cleaning and wiping everything soo good that you clean the new rom right off your sd card?? lol. just a thought. ive done that when i 1st started flashing roms. or possibly flashing gapps on roms that dont require you to?
edit: i just realized how old this post is. lol

the reason refurbs night have worse luck is because of all the people who send their phones back because of that, they make up a reason to tell Tmobile and get a nice shiny new one. The old one is reset and passes all the "official" stability tests and gets sent out again.
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[Q] Installed custom rom, all contacts gone

How do I get them back? For some reason all of my contacts on my wife's phone disappeared when I installed MIUI on her phone, but that didn't happen to my phone.

skatin707 said:
How do I get them back? For some reason all of my contacts on my wife's phone disappeared when I installed MIUI on her phone, but that didn't happen to my phone.
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How are they backed up.....?
You need to include details when you post something like this. Because otherwise people won't understand what you are talking about and won't be able to help you. Then questions like this pursue that are unnecessary.

On google.

skatin707 said:
On google.
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Contacts > Right Click > Accounts > Choose gmail account > Uncheck sync contacts and resync. Recommended to do on strong connection. This should add them all back. Give it a few minutes to resync. Everytime that I flash a new ROM only 6 of my contacts are there and sometimes I have to do this before they will all show back up.

For some reason that only brings back one of them. I'm not sure what to do now.

skatin707 said:
For some reason that only brings back one of them. I'm not sure what to do now.
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Set it near a router and give it a few. Toggle again. And if that doesn't work reboot.

I've got good wifi in my house (55Mb/s up, 10Mb/s down). It completely re-syncs but no luck. I'll try rebooting.
If that doesn't work I'll go back to a stock rooted rom and get them back that way.

skatin707 said:
I've got good wifi in my house (55Mb/s up, 10Mb/s down). It completely re-syncs but no luck. I'll try rebooting.
If that doesn't work I'll go back to a stock rooted rom and get them back that way.
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You don't need to go back to stock rooted. I would recommend Mitra and Caty's rom. They are excellent and I have had no problems with getting the contacts on either of them. Never liked MIUI.... at all. Also, when you do get them I THINK that it helps if it is backed up in TiBu or something similar. Not positive though..

Don't I have to go back to stock to flash one of those roms since MIUI has a weird kernel and the blue cwm recovery menu?
I like the customization allowed by MIUI, that's why I prefer it.

skatin707 said:
Don't I have to go back to stock to flash one of those roms since MIUI has a weird kernel and the blue cwm recovery menu?
I like the customization allowed by MIUI, that's why I prefer it.
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I've been flashing for four months now. I wipe/factory resets, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Works practically everytime. So now.. just use red cwm. People tend to see problems when they flash with red or blue. I'm dumbing this down a bit not for you but hopefully a new comer will read this and not ask questions about it.
I did odin back to stock once, but that was more for just peace of mind than anything. Don't think that it was necessary. I was testing to see if it would fix a weird thing with my dalvik cache.. but nothing came of it.

Erik_T said:
I've been flashing for four months now. I wipe/factory resets, wipe dalvik and fix permissions. Works practically everytime. So now.. just use red cwm. People tend to see problems when they flash with red or blue. I'm dumbing this down a bit not for you but hopefully a new comer will read this and not ask questions about it.
I did odin back to stock once, but that was more for just peace of mind than anything. Don't think that it was necessary. I was testing to see if it would fix a weird thing with my dalvik cache.. but nothing came of it.
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Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.

skatin707 said:
Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.
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It just don't boot from red recovery just flash from red pull battery then you'll have blue then flash miui or cm7
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skatin707 said:
Doesn't going to the red cwm **** with miui since you have to flash different kernels?
Either way, she's just copying the contacts out of my phone and recovering the lost ones some other way.
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Your correct, its non voodoo (hence the blue CWM, red means voodoo lagfix enabled kernel). You can flash from red however, it just requires flashing CM7/MIUI twice, one to get blue recovery and after a batt pull, one to boot into the rom basically. So going back from CM7/MIUI you need to flash a voodoo enabled kernel to get back red CWM, then flash Caty, MitRa etc...
Back to your question though, you can sync contacts with other accounts. (facebook for example) You can also use the contacts on your SIM card and export them to the external SD and recover them that way. Google is the easiest way but sometimes it doesn't work.
Happy flashing and good luck!
EDIT: Damn Rex, your short and simple answers are killing me, beatin me to the punch once again haha

xIC-MACIx said:
Your correct, its non voodoo (hence the blue CWM, red means voodoo lagfix enabled kernel). You can flash from red however, it just requires flashing CM7/MIUI twice, one to get blue recovery and after a batt pull, one to boot into the rom basically. So going back from CM7/MIUI you need to flash a voodoo enabled kernel to get back red CWM, then flash Caty, MitRa etc...
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That's what I thought. Not worth it, my wife can live without a few extra phone numbers.

skatin707 said:
That's what I thought. Not worth it, my wife can live without a few extra phone numbers.
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Lol ya don't blame you and your best bet if Google doesn't work, is exporting SIM contacts. The first time I flashed MIUI, back when Mikey ported it, I had to export them to the external and it worked like a charm. (backed them up w/ google after that lol)

That's what I did with mine, I just assumed she did too. My mistake.

Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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We know that, we said that. We were just discussing that it's a pain to get from miui to another rom and back to miui.
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dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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Already mentioned the import/export option...and yes you do have them backwards you have to export before you can import...lol

dman3285 said:
Look...dang y'all...very easy fix....flash one of the stock Roms....or mine or numas...whatever...when your contact come back go to contacts and hit menu>import/export/>import to sdcard....and back all contacts to sdcard....flash miui and then go to contacts>import/export>export from sdcard(maybe I haven't got them backward) and restore them that way....simple...wow
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Funny.. I thought said the easiest way was to go to your rom.. Lol. I said it! Just avoid MIUI
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Switching kernals??

I'm kinda new at this but I switched my rom and kernal to lotherius 2.3.4 and was wondering if I need to switch my kernal back to stock or keep it... I want to switch to eaglesblood and don't wanna brick my phone once again (have one being used as a paper weight right now)
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turbo91da said:
I'm kinda new at this but I switched my rom and kernal to lotherius 2.3.4 and was wondering if I need to switch my kernal back to stock or keep it... I want to switch to eaglesblood and don't wanna brick my phone once again (have one being used as a paper weight right now)
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Every ROM should have a kernel cooked into it (99% of the time). Your phone will not boot if it lacks a kernel. When you flash a new ROM ensure you factory reset, wipe cache, and format system before flashing the new ROM. The only time you need to worry about flashing a kernel on a ROM is if you would like to change it, or in the rare case, if it lacks one.

Thanks so much :thumbup:
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turbo91da said:
Thanks so much :thumbup:
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No worries man, I know what it's like to be unsure and its irritating. Just make sure to backup any apps you have, because wiping obviously will return the phone back to "stock" thus lacking apps and current system settings (alarm ect.)
Edit: I recommend titanium backup for backing up and restoring apps.

Cool one more question if u have the time. I went to install the new Tom and clockworkmod tells me it can't mount system I looked around on the fourms and could find a solid solution.?
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turbo91da said:
Cool one more question if u have the time. I went to install the new Tom and clockworkmod tells me it can't mount system I looked around on the fourms and could find a solid solution.?
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Are you using ROM Manager? If so, that may be why... it has been buggy for a while it seems, but I always flash manually so I wouldn't know where it's at now. Boot into recovery by holding power and volume down (when the phone is off) and let go when the LG logo changes to another logo. From there do the three wipes (factory reset, cache, and format system) then flash ROM and reboot. (Format system is under mounts on the main screen)

K trying today ur a life saver
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[Q] Notification and status bar gone

I bought a phone from ebay SGH i727 Android version 4.0.4 Baseband version 1727UCLE2 Build Number SkY ICS 4.2E-2 Kernel Version 3.0.8 perf 1727ucle2-cl526987 [email protected]#1 smp preempt tue may 8 kst 2012 (if all this info works). It was at&t device, which is working with tmobile sim. The problem is there is NO status or notification bar.
There is no way I can receive a call on this phone. NO WAY, no green icon to slide, no home key reply - nothing.
My question are below
1. Can I simply do a factory reset, since if the phone is working on tmobile it is unlocked - right? and should work after factory reset.
2. The phone has root access by superuser and a few more apps that make me think that it may have been a software unlock to allow at&t and tmobile sim ONLY. Is that possible, and is factory reset advised in that case?

Sounds like it's running sky ics. Im pretty sure the reason the phone is unusable is due to the fact it was already factory reset.
Your best bet is to read the stickies and install a fresh rom.
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Factory reset?
mindmajick said:
Sounds like it's running sky ics. Im pretty sure the reason the phone is unusable is due to the fact it was already factory reset.
Your best bet is to read the stickies and install a fresh rom.
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Pardon me for asking a newbie question, but, if I do a factory reset does it not revert my phone back to original initial rom?

onemedia said:
Pardon me for asking a newbie question, but, if I do a factory reset does it not revert my phone back to original initial rom?
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Nope. You really want to read the stickies.
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Thank you
mindmajick said:
Nope. You really want to read the stickies.
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I have been reading the stickies and forum posts for almost 6 hours now. It is just that this is my first time messing up with such stuff and I wanted a clarity from someone who has done this stuff earlier.
One more question then - which ROM would you suggest?

Lol. Fair enough. It's a lot to read.. I know- ive read everything here.
I suggest a stock rom to start with. Here is the latest stock rom from Mohan
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764556
After you learn more you can try one of mine
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Did not work
mindmajick said:
Lol. Fair enough. It's a lot to read.. I know- ive read everything here.
I suggest a stock rom to start with. Here is the latest stock rom from Mohan
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764556
After you learn more you can try one of mine
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I downloaded the zip file and ran a rom updater via ROM MANAGER app, it did everything, it took a backup, ran a whole lot of activities and said that ROM is updated. Nothing, there is no status or notification bar, there is no change in the phone details from the one posted above.
I just want to be able to ANSWER my calls as of now. I hear a call sound but there is no way to pick up that call. The only way is to see a missed call notice in the wallpaper and then call back.

Don't use rom manager, use recovery.

onemedia said:
I downloaded the zip file and ran a rom updater via ROM MANAGER app, it did everything, it took a backup, ran a whole lot of activities and said that ROM is updated. Nothing, there is no status or notification bar, there is no change in the phone details from the one posted above.
I just want to be able to ANSWER my calls as of now. I hear a call sound but there is no way to pick up that call. The only way is to see a missed call notice in the wallpaper and then call back.
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connect the phone to your computer, put the ROM on the internal sd card, reboot into recovery (remove battery, put it back in, press and hold [power+volume up & down] til samsung logo disappears ) and flash the ROM from internal sd card

jamrockbwoy said:
connect the phone to your computer, put the ROM on the internal sd card, reboot into recovery (remove battery, put it back in, press and hold [power+volume up & down] til samsung logo disappears ) and flash the ROM from internal sd card
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Make sure you do a factory reset, wipe system, dalvik, and cache a couple times in recovery mode before flashing a new ROM
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It worked
mymusicathome said:
Make sure you do a factory reset, wipe system, dalvik, and cache a couple times in recovery mode before flashing a new ROM
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I was just apprehensive and had read good reviews about ROM manager, so I downloaded a custom rom via it and installed the CyanogenMod Version 9.1.0-Skyrocket
As of now, status and notifications seem to be working fine.
Thank you for all your help, hmm maybe the next time I will try something via a non - interface way.
Thanks again.

mymusicathome said:
Make sure you do a factory reset, wipe system, dalvik, and cache a couple times in recovery mode before flashing a new ROM
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Oops I forgot the most important part....Thanks!

Please use 6.0.1.3 it has tons of features and has file manager as well
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By the sounds of it, you should read the stickies as suggested before flashing roms.. sounds like you used rom manager to flash the CM version? Wouldn't advise that in the future and probably lucky nothing bad happened if that is indeed how you did it.
Need any help, feel free to pm me.