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Flashing new rom

My buddy has the inspire 4g. He bought it rooted by somebody else. I've flashed cynogenmod for him aqnd several updates over the past few months. We are trying to flash new roms and its constantly aborting. Ive rooted my droids and always flash roms and never run into this problem.
He has the newest clockwork mod should we possible get a different recovery?
I don't do anything with flashing a new radio, is that necesary and whats causing the problem?
I am trying to flash core droid or revolution, he wants the best sense rom any suggestions?
I would appreciate any help. If there is no way to fix it I planned to totally reset and unroot and then root it myself and make sure everything is done right, does that sound right?

dieseldank said:
If there is no way to fix it I planned to totally reset and unroot and then root it myself and make sure everything is done right, does that sound right?
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Though probably not necessary, the peace of mind that comes with knowing what's been done to the phone from the ground up might be worth it.
As for a fix to your current issue, please provide a little more detail as to the error.

It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip

dieseldank said:
It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip
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Is this the same SD card for every try? It might be a flakey SD card. Try a different card if you can.

I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.

dieseldank said:
I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.
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Radio is not usually flashed as part of the ROM. As long as you have a valid radio, it should work. If you somehow managed to get an invalid radio flashed, then you've have bigger problems that you indicate (i.e. hard bricked).
The fact that you can boot into recovery indicates that all it well with the device from that perspective. That leaves only the ROM zip to be flashed which is why I suggested trying a different SD card (since you tried several, it's not likely that you always got a bad download).
If it still messes up with a new SD card, try complete wipe, then format system from nandroid before running the update.zip. System partition doesn't get formatted during a complete wipe, but most ROMs should format it as a matter of course before installing. It's unlikely, but it could be a corrupt system partition which should clean up with a format.

dieseldank said:
I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.
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Wanna Save yourself some time and maybe some future headaches? Like posted above It helps when you know what has been done. I would start from the ground up. Get back to a stock base and go from there, this way you are not trying to track down something you may not have done but was done before he got it.
As for your issue, If a radio is recommended then it will/should state so in the thread.

I have threads on how to root his inspire but can anyone forward a link of how to completely unroot and reset. When i reset in recovery it still keeps cynogenmod on.

dieseldank said:
I have threads on how to root his inspire but can anyone forward a link of how to completely unroot and reset. When i reset in recovery it still keeps cynogenmod on.
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There's no good reason to go through all that trouble. If you have S-OFF, then you're good to go as far as being rooted is concerned. Since you appear to have recovery too, then you're 95% rooted no matter what the current ROM is doing.
If you have S-OFF already, then going back to stock and rerooting is just going to waste time.

dieseldank said:
It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip
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In cwm are you trying to "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"
install zip is what you want.... then choose the ROM. IF you're applying update.... it's gonna abort.
You could also try reflashing recovery in Rom Manager or flashing an older version of recovery.
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Gene Poole said:
There's no good reason to go through all that trouble. If you have S-OFF, then you're good to go as far as being rooted is concerned. Since you appear to have recovery too, then you're 95% rooted no matter what the current ROM is doing.
If you have S-OFF already, then going back to stock and rerooting is just going to waste time.
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Since it has s-off and is rooted correctly what do you advise I do to fix my abort problem? Didn't see an answer in there, thanks.
Nickovtyme said:
In cwm are you trying to "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"
install zip is what you want.... then choose the ROM. IF you're applying update.... it's gonna abort.
You could also try reflashing recovery in Rom Manager or flashing an older version of recovery.
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I tried both ways and its aborts both ways. And Ive reflashed recovery in rom manager, should I maybe try a different recovery?

Since you are already rooted and having trouble flashing thru rom manager, why not try flashing to stock rooted thru bootloader? It's my understanding that attn1's Ace_Cingular_US rom will automatically do a full wipe and take you to the latest stock rom and radio. If that works, then you can install the latest rom manager and flash a custom rom. It's worth a shot.
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dieseldank said:
Since it has s-off and is rooted correctly what do you advise I do to fix my abort problem? Didn't see an answer in there, thanks.
I tried both ways and its aborts both ways. And Ive reflashed recovery in rom manager, should I maybe try a different recovery?
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It's not gonna hurt. it sounds like the recovery is having issues with the script so it's aborting... an older recovery may resolve that issue.
But that's a good idea also... flash the lastest stock rooted ROM thru hboot. Then reflash recovery. see If that don't solve it
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[Q] I need help fixing my phone - Tried downgrading the rom, now won't boot

So I used to run the CM7 rom, then upgraded to a ISC WIP. Well, it was pretty unstable, and wanted a stable rom, so tried restoring my old CM7 backup, and now when I turn on my phone, it shows the HTC splash screen, the goes black (screen still on), and won't go past that. I realize now I downgraded the firmware, and you can't do that.
My buddy said I need to get some toolkit and reset EVERYTHING back to stock roms, re-root and all that. So can some generous person link to all that? I see a lot of it in the Inspire 4G forums, but want to make sure I have it all. And after I flash all the stock stuff, can I restore that CM7 backup (clockwork recovery mod)?
Thanks in advance for the help/reply, much appreciated.

If you can get into hboot, this may help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396229

pazzo02 said:
If you can get into hboot, this may help you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396229
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That's what I was looking at, wasn't 100% sure if it's the right tut for me. Thanks for the reply!

Do I need to reinstall recovery, or flash the stock rom?

Oathdynasty said:
Do I need to reinstall recovery, or flash the stock rom?
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You should follow the steps to reinstall recovery, then go to flashing a rom. You only need to go through the "flashing a stock rom" section if you had problems reinstalling recovery. Just read through all the steps and you'll get it.

Oathdynasty said:
Do I need to reinstall recovery, or flash the stock rom?
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If you are S-OFF you just can flash a new recovery image and then flash any rom you want. You will have to do it from command prompt...
if you need help in doing that, just let me know...

glevitan said:
If you are S-OFF you just can flash a new recovery image and then flash any rom you want. You will have to do it from command prompt...
if you need help in doing that, just let me know...
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I could use some help haha. I tried downloading the stock rom (PD98IMG.zip) from multiupload, but it'd down, and the mirror says it'll take several hours.

Oathdynasty said:
I could use some help haha. I tried downloading the stock rom (PD98IMG.zip) from multiupload, but it'd down, and the mirror says it'll take several hours.
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Look in the second post in that thread. The OP noted last month that there were probs with multiupload and posted an alternate dl.

pazzo02 said:
Look in the second post in that thread. The OP noted last month that there were probs with multiupload and posted an alternate dl.
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I got it. I went on the cyanogenmod irc, and they helped me. I didn't have to flash anything stock, I rebooted into my bootloader, went into recovery, wiped system, data, dalvik, cache.... All that, flashed cm7 and restored
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Good. Glad you got it fixed

Oathdynasty said:
I got it. I went on the cyanogenmod irc, and they helped me. I didn't have to flash anything stock, I rebooted into my bootloader, went into recovery, wiped system, data, dalvik, cache.... All that, flashed cm7 and restored
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Glad you got it sorted out, To be honest that is the first thing you do when a rom wont boot. Whenever you restore a backup it is best to wipe first

Stuck at "optimizing android app"

I've a huge problem
I've a Sensation 4g I was on stock ics and i followed the guide to get root, htc dev unlock e CWM... (still s.off) after that I installed 4ext and ARHD 6.7.0.. and everything was fine..
Then i tried to install cyanogenmod 9 which requires CWM again.. so i've installed rom manager and installed cwm through it..
I was stuck on the bootloader image, so i tried to flash back my recovery which of course isn't working because i have CWM now and so i tried to flash back ARHD but it will get untill the beginning when it says "optimizing app" and it restarts and again and again....
Anyway i can fix this problem?? I tried to flash another rom "energy ics" which don't require 4ext.. but i got the same results!!! what should i do?! did i brick my phone?
anyway to install 4ext without having a rom working?

andre_07 said:
I've a huge problem
I've a Sensation 4g I was on stock ics and i followed the guide to get root, htc dev unlock e CWM... (still s.off) after that I installed 4ext and ARHD 6.7.0.. and everything was fine..
Then i tried to install cyanogenmod 9 which requires CWM again.. so i've installed rom manager and installed cwm through it..
I was stuck on the bootloader image, so i tried to flash back my recovery which of course isn't working because i have CWM now and so i tried to flash back ARHD but it will get untill the beginning when it says "optimizing app" and it restarts and again and again....
Anyway i can fix this problem?? I tried to flash another rom "energy ics" which don't require 4ext.. but i got the same results!!! what should i do?! did i brick my phone?
anyway to install 4ext without having a rom working?
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yes flash recovery using this guide
FLASHING ROMS WITH SON
just follow step 2 from above guide if you are SOFF
if SON follow step 2 and 3

Did you install the correct firmware? ICS based Roms is usually 3.32, firmware ?
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realsis said:
Did you install the correct firmware? ICS based Roms is usually 3.32, firmware ?
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Let's say right now I've a big confusion in my head.. Beore I had ICS working.. i never even tried to downgrade so i should have the correct firmware right?
the last time i check i had 1.32 (and don't remember but it was the last one installed with the tmous OTA)...
Maybe when i did my first format of the sd should i've installed something before the rom?

can anyone giving me the exact path of the cwm backup?

andre_07 said:
can anyone giving me the exact path of the cwm backup?
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andre read my previous post to flash 4EXT this doesn't require a working rom
also in normal the backups are present on SDCRAD
ie /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup
so once you format the sdcard you will lose the backups

andre_07 said:
Let's say right now I've a big confusion in my head.. Beore I had ICS working.. i never even tried to downgrade so i should have the correct firmware right?
the last time i check i had 1.32 (and don't remember but it was the last one installed with the tmous OTA)...
Maybe when i did my first format of the sd should i've installed something before the rom?
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If I read this correct you have the official stock firmware that was with the T-Mobile OTA ICS update. This means your bootloader is locked even though you are S-off. You need to flash a engineered Hboot to solve this. Go to this thread to get a firmware package with this. Go to the "User-Friendly Firmware" thread by Kohr-Ah, or you can also use the firmware from GROG88's thread here.

[Q] Help Nexus s doesn't get service

Hi everyone,
I am really nooby with all this stuff. I have a nexus s i9020a. Recently I went from a custom mod to the stock rom 2.3.6, but when i did this, I am unable to get service. After all the research i've done, this may be a radio problem? My baseband version is NO GSXXKI1, and when i tried to flash Radio UCKD1 using clockworkmod, it says installation aborted. How can i get my service running again?
My android version is 4.0.4 right now
Please help me whats wrong

You can find official radio image in one of the factory tar archives here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojua
The latest radio would be UCLH1 from 4.1.2 (JZO54K)

I already tried flashing it with the latest one, but all it says installation aborted :/
Is it because i'm using android system recovery <3e>?
EDIT: nevermind, im using clockworkmod now, and it still says installation aborted
** EDIT: Okay, i fixed the signal ! Thank you for your help! All I did was install clockworkmod (I thought I using it before, but i rerooted again and got it). I flashed with the latest radio as you told me to and it fixed the problem! Thank you so much

You're welcome.

Cannot Flash Any Rom Besides CM11 (set_perm: some changes failed)

Hey guys, just looking for some help with this. For the record, I was using TWRP 2.8. Last night I tried to install NuSenseSIX from the development forum, only to have this error: set_perm: some changes failed. Thinking it was just a problem with the download, I downloaded a second copy, checked the MD5 (which was the same), flashed it, same error. I then tried flashing DigitalHigh's GPE Rom, but the same error had came up. I RUU'd the phone back to stock (credit for the RUU goes to dottat), installed TWRP, flashed:failed. Flashed CWM, Rom flash:failed (every Rom I mentioned before failed to flash). Everything had the same error, although CWM reported it as Error 7. The only Rom that installs successfully and boots is CM11, I have no clue as to why. I'm stuck, I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Only the CM11 M10 Snapshot will flash, I just tried to flash the latest nightly (10/5/14) and it gave me "assert failed: run program("/system/bin/makelinks.sh") == 0"

RealROGWaffle said:
Hey guys, just looking for some help with this. For the record, I was using TWRP 2.8. Last night I tried to install NuSenseSIX from the development forum, only to have this error: set_perm: some changes failed. Thinking it was just a problem with the download, I downloaded a second copy, checked the MD5 (which was the same), flashed it, same error. I then tried flashing DigitalHigh's GPE Rom, but the same error had came up. I RUU'd the phone back to stock, installed TWRP, flashed:failed. Flashed CWM, Rom flash:failed (every Rom I mentioned before failed to flash). Everything had the same error, although CWM reported it as Error 7. The only Rom that installs successfully and boots is CM11, I have no clue as to why. I'm stuck, I don't know what to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: Only the CM11 M10 Snapshot will flash, I just tried to flash the latest nightly (10/5/14) and it gave me "assert failed: run program("/system/bin/makelinks.sh") == 0"
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Try doing another ruu. Then boot to hboot and chose factory reset. Make sure you do not flash twrp before doing the factory reset.

dottat said:
Try doing another ruu. Then boot to hboot and chose factory reset. Make sure you do not flash twrp before doing the factory reset.
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Hey dottat! Sorry I forgot to give you credit for the ruu. I'll give that a shot after work tomorrow. Thanks for the reply. By the way, what does flashing TWRP before doing the factory reset do? I flashed mine without even doing that.

RealROGWaffle said:
Hey dottat! Sorry I forgot to give you credit for the ruu. I'll give that a shot after work tomorrow. Thanks for the reply. By the way, what does flashing TWRP before doing the factory reset do? I flashed mine without even doing that.
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Factory reset using stock recovery can fix things twrp sometimes can't.

dottat said:
Factory reset using stock recovery can fix things twrp sometimes can't.
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Alright, thanks. As I said, I'll try it tomorrow. I'll report back with new info.

By the way, what's the difference between the old ruu you made and the new one? I flashed the old one and I want to know if that might be why it didn't fix my issue.

Well... same issue after doing what you said. I'm honestly really sad right now.

RealROGWaffle said:
Well... same issue after doing what you said. I'm honestly really sad right now.
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I have one more thing I'm going to pm you to try.