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[Q] MIUI FC issues on nexus s amoled

I have a weird issue that may have occurred to others but could not find on the forum. I flashed the rom and English pack. Restored my apps through titanium. Everything runs smooth until I reboot and get bombarded with FC messages about something .media and something. .score. the phone becomes unusable and I am forces to reflash. Can someone help me out a bit?

Try running fix permissions, via rom manager or CW recovery.
I've been using miui for quite a while without any issues - did you wipe everything before installing the rom.
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Yes I have tried fixing permission and wiped everything. I thought it might have something to do with titanium restoring something from 2.3.3?
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I'm not sure about that one as I seldom use titanium. The only thing I can think of with titanium is did you restore system settings? You should only restore the apk&data (ie 'restore all apps with data')
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Yup I deselected all the system restore files and only restored my apps and data...
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(q) Wifi error....corrupted?

Hello everybody. I've done absolutely everything I can think of to fix this issue and I'm not having any luck.
My wifi just won't turn on anymore. It constantly says "turning on", but won't actually turn on. Please help.
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I did a factory reset and there still is no wifi showing up. Its almost like the wifi hardware just completely died.
I'm trying to do the eraseData truck outlined in this thread. Haven't quite figured it out yet tho.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1093818.html
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I had the same problem when i tried to restore a backup. I saw that thread too...but I think in my case...the backup was not complete (cwm f'd up?). Anyway...I just did a fresh install of the ROM that i use, cause that was faster than trying to search for a fix.
Swyped from my Nexus One

I've been trying a fresh revolver install as well, but it keeps putting me in a bootloop. The only thing that even boots is my backup. I'm downloading the revolution super wiper and revolution and see if I have better luck with that.
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Hey, just so everyone knows, the problem I had was that the Clockwork Recovery wipe was not complete. Make sure to use Revolution wiper prior to flashing a new ROM. I did that and everything is working fine now.
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Is it possible that you may have changed kernels and then restored a nandroid backup from earlier? Cause it sounds like you have a mismatch between you kernel and the installed wifi module.
I would try re-flashing your kernel. This willreplace the wifi module and should fix the problem.

[Q] What did I do wrong?

I tried searching, but couldnt really find an answer. I was trying to change the color of the status bar using ROM toolbox and when I tried to install the change it rebooted to the loading screen and stuck. I rebooted into CWM and tried to restore from a previous backup from when I installed 4.1.1 and even though it ran the restore, it then stuck at the samsung screen. All is good now thanks to GTG's ultimate unbrick, but I was hoping to figure out what I did wrong to cause the problem in the first place, and then why the restore wouldnt work in CWM. Thanks, and forgive the noobness....

jp6285 said:
I tried searching, but couldnt really find an answer. I was trying to change the color of the status bar using ROM toolbox and when I tried to install the change it rebooted to the loading screen and stuck. I rebooted into CWM and tried to restore from a previous backup from when I installed 4.1.1 and even though it ran the restore, it then stuck at the samsung screen. All is good now thanks to GTG's ultimate unbrick, but I was hoping to figure out what I did wrong to cause the problem in the first place, and then why the restore wouldnt work in CWM. Thanks, and forgive the noobness....
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Idk...maybe Rom toolbox isn't compatible with our phone...I tend to avoid those apps from the play store as they are usually buggy and cause problems
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jp6285 said:
I tried searching, but couldnt really find an answer. I was trying to change the color of the status bar using ROM toolbox and when I tried to install the change it rebooted to the loading screen and stuck. I rebooted into CWM and tried to restore from a previous backup from when I installed 4.1.1 and even though it ran the restore, it then stuck at the samsung screen. All is good now thanks to GTG's ultimate unbrick, but I was hoping to figure out what I did wrong to cause the problem in the first place, and then why the restore wouldnt work in CWM. Thanks, and forgive the noobness....
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Did you do any wipes before trying to restore your backup? I wipe out what's there first to give the system a clean slate before flashing or restoring.
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KillaT21 said:
Did you do any wipes before trying to restore your backup? I wipe out what's there first to give the system a clean slate before flashing or restoring.
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I did a factory reset, wipe cash, wipe delvik before restoring. Am I right in thinking that after wiping all I should have had to do is to to restore and run it? If it didnt work for whatever reason thats fine, I just want to make sure it was a bug and not user error.

ICS Roms are not fully customizable as of yet with any apps as far a I know not even in UOT Kitchen. In order to fully customize you have to dissect and manually alter which is not recommended unless you are well knowledged on compiling and decompiling.

jp6285 said:
I did a factory reset, wipe cash, wipe delvik before restoring. Am I right in thinking that after wiping all I should have had to do is to to restore and run it? If it didnt work for whatever reason thats fine, I just want to make sure it was a bug and not user error.
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I've never once had issues wiping then restoring. I had errors only when I didn't do a wipe. Bootloops, force closes, etc. Give it a shot, but nothing is guaranteed as results vary per device.
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Since you wiped the device you shouldn't have had a problem restoring.
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Seriously at a loss for what has been happening with my phone.

Ive been having some issues pop up with my phone in the last few weeks. Sorry but be prepared for a lengthy post haha.
It all started in Dec with the OTA of JB. After than my Maps/Nav constantly force close. I am not the only one with this issue because looking at recent reviews of Maps in the Play store, a lot of GS3 users are experiencing it too.
I made this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115108 to try and see if there was a fix. Never solved the problem.
My friend was running the latest AOKP Milestone ROM and said his Maps/Nav worked fine. So I rooted, bootloader, recovery and flashed AOKP Milestone. Well Maps/Nav still didnt work. Found out my friend never installed the official OTA to JB and went from ICS to AOKP. So it only lead me further to believe that it was something with the update.
Figured I would wait it out till there was a fix, until I started having another issue. I use Handcent as my primary SMS app. All of the sudden one day my notification ringtone stops working. Was working fine then poof doesnt work. Tried redoing all the settings and got nothing. Uninstalled and reinstalled nothing. Cleared cache, uninstall/reinstall nothing.
So now with this problem persisting for a few days I got sick of it. Thought I should be able to flash an MD5 thru Odin back to ICS, get Maps/Nav working (along with txt tones) and then flash to AOKP. First I flashed I535VRALF2 and Maps/Nav worked fine, flashed AOKP and didnt work. So today I flashed I535VRALG1 and again Maps/Nav/Txt worked fine. Flashed back to AOKP and Maps/Nav didnt work, BUT txt tones did (for a while). Driving from home to work (15mins) somehow my txt tones stopped working again!
Between each flash I would factory reset/wipe cache/dav data ect. Not sure why these problems are being so persistent. Even on the last time back to ICS, I wiped everything in CWM and booted the phone AND did a factory reset from within the phone settings.
Anyone have any ideas? Did accepting the JB OTA just perma F me on Maps/Nav?

No ideas?

I don't run aokp but found this in the faq on rootz: "Fix permissions in CWMR.Uninstall maps updates/clear cache and data."
No idea if it will help but it won't hurt to try.
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Ya I tried that already and it didnt work
And Ive also tried running older versions of Maps as well with no results

Try doing a superwipe. Completely erases internal memory. I know some roms have the option, specifically synergy to my knowledge. It is also available as a zip. Just make sure everything on internal you want to save it backed up to external or a computer. A fresh wipe can do wonders.
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NZitney said:
Try doing a superwipe. Completely erases internal memory. I know some roms have the option, specifically synergy to my knowledge. It is also available as a zip. Just make sure everything on internal you want to save it backed up to external or a computer. A fresh wipe can do wonders.
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I did (I think haha). I installed a fresh MD5 thru Odin, then once my phone booted, I used the internal factory reset option to completely wipe the internal storage. Or is that not the same thing?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121347
Try running the mega wipe zip with the Rom on external sd. If you are restoring
Apps, do so without data first to see if everything works.
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NZitney said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2121347
Try running the mega wipe zip with the Rom on external sd. If you are restoring
Apps, do so without data first to see if everything works.
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Will it work on the GS3? That thread is for the Note2
And im running the latest touch CWM and that thread is a bit confusing, it says:
Requirements: You need to have
1. TWRP Recovery installed
Quote:
How to use:
Just copy the required zip to your External SDcard and reboot into CWM recovery. Install the zip and you are good to go!
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It says you have to have TWRP recovery but then says boot into CWM, so not sure what to think.

any more ideas?

Anyone else?

Force Close Loop (Bricked?)

Hey Guys - I am out of ideas and think my run with the charge might be coming to an end.
My phone is running FP8 stock ROM, rooted, with some apps frozen using TiBu. I have not issues with this set up since the update was pushed. I used tweak for a year or so, then went back to stock for FP8.
A few days ago my phone started to act weird. Widgets were not updating, apps randomly force closing. It was annoying but still usable. I decided to do a factory reset and then everything hit the fan. When I boot up the phone every app on my phone force closes and it is not usable. The "Setup Wizard" also force closes so I can not even get past that.
I have tried flashing other ROMs including Eclipse, tweaked, EP4 with pit, etc.The flash is successful but the force closes persist. I have also tried wiping data through stock recovery and CWM, but I do not think it works. I still see force close errors when the phone boots of apps that should have been wiped (twitter,TiBu, etc.). Anything else I can try? Pretty desperate as it looks like this thing might be toast.
Cliffs
Phone acting weird, reset data multiple times and everything force closes. Phone is not usable at all.
Tried wiping data but does not seem to work, downloaded apps still force close
Flashed different ROMS (both stock w/ pit and custom)
Still force closing. Help?

If the force closes are persisting even though data is wiped, you may have something nasty sticking around through dirty flashes (assuming you're flashing over the old). Make sure you clear all caches and if that doesn't work, it's a shot in the dark but you may want to try formatting the system partition through CWM and then reinstalling FP8 or whatever custom ROM you want. Whatever you do have backups ready...
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dejello said:
If the force closes are persisting even though data is wiped, you may have something nasty sticking around through dirty flashes (assuming you're flashing over the old). Make sure you clear all caches and if that doesn't work, it's a shot in the dark but you may want to try formatting the system partition through CWM and then reinstalling FP8 or whatever custom ROM you want. Whatever you do have backups ready...
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Thanks for the idea. I am pretty sure I have already tried this but through CWM I will clear cache, davlik cache, data, and format system then try a flash of stock with .pit
Like you said, it seems like whatever is causing this is still sticking around even after all this clearing/flashing. Is there any way to clear these things through adb? Or would getting a log be worth my time?

If all else fails try odin.
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kintwofan said:
If all else fails try odin.
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I have tried flashing ROMS (stock and custom) through ODIN and to no avail. I am able to flash but it still does not overwrite the corrupted data. I still get force close errors for downloaded apps that should have been erased/over written. Even formatted my SD card just to be sure and didn't help.
Seems like my only option may be to somehow find and delete the data through ADB. Clearing through CVM and stock recovery is not doing anything. Problem is I do not know where this old/bad data is!

SamsungPST?
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SamsungPST?
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Never heard of PST when you posted that. Good idea, but I just tried a few flashes and the effect was no different than ODIN/CWM
This problem keeps getting weirder. So sometimes I am able to get through into the phone (even though I get force close pop ups every 2 seconds). I was able to uninstall most of the apps causing the FCs (not all because some are the system apps).
However, everytime the phone reboots the apps come back! Where in the hell are they being cached/stored to just magically re-appear after data wipes/flashes/un-installs. Seems like I have all these corrupted apps that I can not get rid of. Through terminal emulator I cleared data, and davlik but didn't help.

Have you pulled your sd card and sim then checked if it would boot. Also wipe internal sd from stock recovery
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kintwofan said:
Have you pulled your sd card and sim then checked if it would boot. Also wipe internal sd from stock recovery
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Yea, eventually I can get it to boot but the phone is not usable with all the force closing. The option to clear internal SD only seems to be available for the older ROMS, but I flashed ED1 and cleared it. No luck.
Think I may just be out of ideas on this one...

Pray to jeebus, might be your last option
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Have you gone into Settings, Accounts & Sync and turned everything off? If you are back to stock then this could be the cause of restore of the apps. You are using the full EP4 odin - rom, kernel and radios - correct?
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Reilly1812 said:
Have you gone into Settings, Accounts & Sync and turned everything off? If you are back to stock then this could be the cause of restore of the apps. You are using the full EP4 odin - rom, kernel and radios - correct?
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Yep I have turned them off. My settings also get reset however when I clear data, reboot, re flash etc.
Good question about the full EP4 ODIN. I have been using the ones from imnuts website, and have also tried the CWM packages from kvswim's thread in the development section. Tried Eclipse Beta 2 & EP4,EE4,ED1, FP8 stock. I also tried the CM10 ROM just to see if the change to ext file system would do anything. Not sure if any of them are labled as having rom,kernal and radios, but I would imagine at least a few of them are.
No matter what I do, I get outsmarted and all my corruped apps, settings and force closes remain.

I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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Reilly1812 said:
I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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I was thinking it was a hardware failure to
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Reilly1812 said:
I think you can skip activation after flashing ep4 and still get the ota's to get to fp1, fp5 and finally fp8. once there try activation, etc. Keep it purely stock no root. still fc's? IMHO your phone storage is hosed.
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To skip activation - on the setup screen click on the Emergency Dial button. Once at the dialer, dial:
*#TESTMODE (or *#83786633)
That will "enable the soft keys", making it so you can then hit home to get to the launcher without activating.

dwitherell said:
To skip activation - on the setup screen click on the Emergency Dial button. Once at the dialer, dial:
*#TESTMODE (or *#83786633)
That will "enable the soft keys", making it so you can then hit home to get to the launcher without activating.
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Pretty cool! Didn't know I could do that. However once getting past that just about every app continues to force close including tw launcher.
Being that old apps & settings will continue to be restored after doing everything possible to get rid of them it must be a hardware issue.
Oh well, I will keep the phone around for the hell of it but guess it's time I look into something new.