OK so I keep hearing about cwm not wiping correctly same problem existed with the evo but has anyone tried instead of dfr to actually wipe system data and all that 3x in advanced I believe jw and wtf is a flash counter
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I have no experienced this yet, but have also heard. I used the tmo gsII backup and i haven't had any problems so far. Tried about 4 different roms with no problems even flashed a couple kernels.
As for your question 2, search is your friend. A flash counter basically tells the phone how many custom roms you have put on it. Obviously starting at 0 going up. I believe to reset the counter you need a special usb tool.
Try searching using taptalk for a year it sucks balls I did look around and figured it but wanted to make sure and USB jig doesn't work anymore apparently Sammy sure has changed LOL but this phone is nuts compared to my evo just gotta learn her quirks
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I flash just like I did on my Evo...no issues
Wipe data
Wipe cache
Wipe system
Never paid attention to the counter...its tripped when using Odin
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Try searching using taptalk for a year it sucks balls I did look around and figured it but wanted to make sure and USB jig doesn't work anymore apparently Sammy sure has changed LOL but this phone is nuts compared to my evo just gotta learn her quirks
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Are there any rom /kernals still out there that have the emmc bug in them? I want to flash an ics rom, but with all the stuff floating around I'm a little nervous. Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a quick thread search on the phone and didn't find anything.
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All of them
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Ive run every leak that's came out ucalc4 ucld2 and now ucle2 and I've had absolutely no problems. I've flashed cwm touch and rooted all 3. I've did factory data resets inside the UI and in cwm. I've wiped cache dalvick cache and battery stats several times on all 3 leaks. I've flashed different modems and kernels and yes I've even formatted the SD both inside the UI and in cwm and I've had no problems. And yes chainfires brickbug app says my phone is at risk for being bricked. But I had already done all this stuff mentioned before I found out there was even a problem. So if your worried about the brickbug then maybe you should just stay on stock gingerbread. If your scared to take a risk and push things to the very edge then maybe xda isn't for you... we are a group of devs and tech savy people who test and push things to the edge to learn new things and make android phones better. Anytime you flash a rom or recovery image or modem or even root a phone you run the risk of a brick. I know people who have bricked phones with Samsung kies doing a official update. So if bricking scares you that much then just stay stock
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The brickbug happens on ics kernels.
So.. wiping all that stuff from cwm (which seems to be based on gb kernel) is fine.
Do not format from within ics rom!
You may not corrupt your emmc, but its not worth the risk.
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Are there any rom /kernals still out there that have the emmc bug in them? I want to flash an ics rom, but with all the stuff floating around I'm a little nervous. Sorry if this has been asked before, I did a quick thread search on the phone and didn't find anything.
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read this on what not todo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621679
vincom said:
read this on what not todo http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1621679
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Thanks!!!! Really appreciate the info!
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Just wondering if anyone has fished for a good working wipe script?
I used one left on my SD from flashing an htc glacier (aka mytouch4g).
Ever since using that script before flashing roms everything has been much more.............umm let me put it this way, I'm seeing much less common sgs4g gremlins popping up.
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Roms with my AROMA installer will do all your wipes for you, no questions asked. If you do a quick install, or a customized install without a /data backup you'll have a fresh install on a newly wiped phone.
OK, just wondering because I see a lot of other devices where people tell you to use a wipe script or I've even seen some that ask you to wipe all parts 3x in a row and other crazy stuff.
Maybe its just a placebo then
Thanks for the answer fb
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OK, just wondering because I see a lot of other devices where people tell you to use a wipe script or I've even seen some that ask you to wipe all parts 3x in a row and other crazy stuff.
Maybe its just a placebo then
Thanks for the answer fb
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Wiping more then once is silly.
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Wiping more then once is silly.
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Lol I thought so too, but I just figured I would ask
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I have an issue when I flash any Aosp rom. After initial install I have strong 4G but if I reboot phone for any reason I lose all data. My imei is there and phone number is there. I'm wondering if I'm doing something wrong.
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sounds like your on the fringe of strong lte coverage...the latest ril commits were suppose to help this. might try the latest pa or aokp build.
I'm on liquid rc5 right now and data is excellent. I haven't tried a reboot though. I'm wondering if it might make a difference if I reboot through recovery. Just a thought, maybe I'm just grabbing at straws, but this issue makes roms like paranoid kinda useless. Thanks for the reply.
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I'm on liquid rc5 right now and data is excellent. I haven't tried a reboot though. I'm wondering if it might make a difference if I reboot through recovery. Just a thought, maybe I'm just grabbing at straws, but this issue makes roms like paranoid kinda useless. Thanks for the reply.
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i have been using paranoid since 2.13 and its been flawless when im in strong lte...never rebooted and lost data. if you toggle airplane mode on/off it wont come back?
Not sure, but I've never tried. I'm kinda new to this as this is my first rooted device, and im kinda learning as I go. I was on beans 13, then 14, but i can't resist trying out all these jb builds. I will give the airplane mode toggle a try. Thanks
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Well I tried the airplane toggle and it doesn't bring it back, anyone wit suggestions please let me know, I really want to be able to run Pa 2.20, but if I can't switch to phablet or another ui its kinda useless.
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Well I tried the airplane toggle and it doesn't bring it back, anyone wit suggestions please let me know, I really want to be able to run Pa 2.20, but if I can't switch to phablet or another ui its kinda useless.
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I have the same issue with the new builds of JB ROMs. I do a clean wipe of everything and I flash the ROM, but when it boots in the beginning, I can sign into my gmail with data (even when I'm connected) and I have to use WiFi. Then when everything boots, I have no data and still connected to data (showing 3g) I do a reboot and it works for awhile and it goes out again. So I just went back to Beans14
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I'm on liquid rc5 right now and everything seems to be working. But if I were to reboot my phone will not connect to data. The 4G icon pops up but never turns blue, and if I try Google Now or something else that requires a data it says no Internet connection. I have to be doing something wrong.?
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Maybe shut the phone off, remove sim card, and turn on without the sim card then shut phone off and put sim card back and turn phone back on. That might help.
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Thanks for the reply, has this procedure worked for you in the past.?
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It has worked for me on 2 GS3's. I was on stock TW though, I don't know if that'll make a difference.. it has something to do with updating your PRL or something like that, I can't really remember exactly what it updates. But it did work for me, it actually gave me better service.
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Yes it has the other day after flashing liquid I was only getting 4g did that and it worked.
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Ok cool ill give it a shot. I'm really hoping that it works. Because some of these pa builds are really nice, and I'd probably use liquid rc5 as a daily if I could reboot my phone and have a data come to back.
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Hey man thanks. That actually worked, I'm not sure if my service is better but it came back after I shut down and did that procedure. I appreciate the help. I might actually be able to run one of those pa. Builds now.
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i tried the same method as well too, but it didnt work for me. i dont know whats wrong, i think its just my phone because when i flash any AOSP rom, it doesnt connect to data after reboot. i do 3x wipes and what not but still nothing, my IMEI and phone number is all there so i dont know what it is. anyone have a idea??
I've been rooting phones, flashing roms, and even flashing others phones to different carriers for, 5-6 years now I'd say. So, I know what I'm doing. I recently started using Goo Manager to download things occasionally, and to say the least I'm screwed. Downloaded the latest twrp recovery and it automatically booted into recovery and flashed the image. Endpoint...hard bricked.
Just be careful with goo is all I'm saying. I never confirmed it to flash the download and it didn't even ask. As soon as it was done dl'ing it just did it. I knew instantly it was going to be problematic. Because it wasn't actually the twrp img for my skyrocket. I was downloading it to use on another phone and transfer to my computer. So, now I'm without a phone. Sucks..
Anyone know of a way to get into download mode without having to use Jtag? lol prolllly not
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I've been rooting phones, flashing roms, and even flashing others phones to different carriers for, 5-6 years now I'd say. So, I know what I'm doing. I recently started using Goo Manager to download things occasionally, and to say the least I'm screwed. Downloaded the latest twrp recovery and it automatically booted into recovery and flashed the image. Endpoint...hard bricked.
Just be careful with goo is all I'm saying. I never confirmed it to flash the download and it didn't even ask. As soon as it was done dl'ing it just did it. I knew instantly it was going to be problematic. Because it wasn't actually the twrp img for my skyrocket. I was downloading it to use on another phone and transfer to my computer. So, now I'm without a phone. Sucks..
Anyone know of a way to get into download mode without having to use Jtag? lol prolllly not
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Sounds like a noob mistake and also it tells you in too manager when you select install custom recovery its not goo.managersfault its lack of reading
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I am not sure why someone that has been doing this for years would put anything on the phones memory that doesn't go with the phone for any reason. It seems like half, if not more, of the bricks that happen are because of the wrong thing trying to be installed on the phone. Knowing that, it seems like a good idea to NEVER put anything on the phone that doesn't go with the phone, if you plan on using it or not. I guess this is just another precautionary tale for others now because if you really are hard bricked then Jtag is your option. Assuming you have already tried download mode, Odin, etc...Anyone doing this as long as you would have already known to try that stuff first...right? Good luck.
I got into a similar problem with goo manager. Ended with hard brick. Will never use goo or rom manager. Odin and twrp or cmw are the way to go. And never, ever flash anything unless you know it's for your device. That was the problem with goo, it said it was but wasn't.
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I've been rooting phones, flashing roms, and even flashing others phones to different carriers for, 5-6 years now I'd say. So, I know what I'm doing. I recently started using Goo Manager to download things occasionally, and to say the least I'm screwed. Downloaded the latest twrp recovery and it automatically booted into recovery and flashed the image. Endpoint...hard bricked.
Just be careful with goo is all I'm saying. I never confirmed it to flash the download and it didn't even ask. As soon as it was done dl'ing it just did it. I knew instantly it was going to be problematic. Because it wasn't actually the twrp img for my skyrocket. I was downloading it to use on another phone and transfer to my computer. So, now I'm without a phone. Sucks..
Anyone know of a way to get into download mode without having to use Jtag? lol prolllly not
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I've got 5 devices successfully running Goomanager / TWRP, and none of them have had a single issue. I just make sure that what I am getting for each device is FOR each individual device.
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I've got 5 devices successfully running Goomanager / TWRP, and none of them have had a single issue. I just make sure that what I am getting for each device is FOR each individual device.
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I agree all my device run twrp or cwm and no issue like I mention just a noob error
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You know you can force a reboot of the phone during the download by holding the power key or pulling the battery, right? If you knew what the file was, why didn't you do that?
I've downloaded ROM files hundreds of times through GooManager and gapps files at least a few dozen on three different phones across two platforms (Rocket and Note II). I've also flashed recoveries through it more times than I can remember. It's never once caused a problem, downloaded the wrong file, or even soft-bricked me.
I thought you couldn't brick a phone by a botched recovery flash. Because it's only writing to the recovery partition and not the system. Just what I once read anyway.
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I didn't know it was the wrong file until after it installed. It was supposed to be a gapps package that went with the Rom. I't didn't look right and I should have known better but I went with goo.
Just reinforces you should always know that what ever you flash make sure it's for your specific device.
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I thought you couldn't brick a phone by a botched recovery flash. Because it's only writing to the record very partition and not the system. Just what I once read anyway.
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I cant agree more with you Walsh doesn't sound right but hey they learn the hard way just as we learned
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I'm no noob. I was downloading the fIle. Not flashing it. It flashed on it's own INSTANTLY after it finished downloading. Without asking. It never did that the dozens of times I downloaded stuff before. So, there.
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And yeah, I've learned to do things the old fashioned way. That's what. Based on the type of responses here, I see why some others have bad impressions of XDA members. Think whatever you want. Just sharing because it sucks. Guarantee you I know more than most of you who replied. Unless your a developer, lol.
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And yeah, I've learned to do things the old fashioned way. That's what. Based on the type of responses here, I see why some others have bad impressions of XDA members. Think whatever you want. Just sharing because it sucks. Guarantee you I know more than most of you who replied. Unless your a developer, lol.
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Very cool story, enjoy your brick!
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5-6 years of flashing and you just joined xda at the end of September?
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I only used goo manager to flash touch recovery on and I have had no problem with it..werid..
I did copy a recovery on my old SG Europa and it was the wrong one and bricked it,lucky I was able to get a replacement. You learn from your mistakes.
I have been there..
...Another thread resurrection? Seriously? Good lord.
Better late than never, eh. This is seen old thread
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I only used goo manager to flash touch recovery on and I have had no problem with it..werid..
I did copy a recovery on my old SG Europa and it was the wrong one and bricked it,lucky I was able to get a replacement. You learn from your mistakes.
I have been there..
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Better late than never, eh. This is seen old thread
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Sorry didn't look at the date... Dam Google search ...lol( 4 months old)
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AHAHAHAH...NO..Spiderman got cancer...????
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Better late than never, eh. This is seen old thread
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Did you see the hobbit? It clearly stated the necromancer is coming.
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Even factory data reset doesnt do nothin. Ive got the paid version of rom toolbox. You can look at hidden files and all. Ive deleted stuff im prolly not evn supposed to mess with. But still on a s3 thats supposed to have 16gigs im only gettin like 356mb of device storage. What the hell?
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If you are running stock ROM you need to make a backup of your stuff, then Odin factory ROM. If you using custom rom wtth cwm you need to wipe sd then reflash the ROM.
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Even factory data reset doesnt do nothin. Ive got the paid version of rom toolbox. You can look at hidden files and all. Ive deleted stuff im prolly not evn supposed to mess with. But still on a s3 thats supposed to have 16gigs im only gettin like 356mb of device storage. What the hell?
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Pretty sure you're using safestrap.
I'm not sure, but maybe if you increase the size of a custom rom slot you'd have more space. I really have no clue though.
Try to ask this in the safestrap thread also if you think it's related to that.
Edit: I asked for you, I want to know how this works too.
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