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Just flashed my first Rom :)

Hey guys, I just flashed my first rom and I wanted to let everyone know especially the dev but since I can't post yet in the dev section I made a thread so hopefully he will be able to read it
I flashed miui pimpmaneaton's custom rom and so far i love the looks of it!!, thanks for the rom pimp!

Congrats, soon enough you'll be flashing like two or three a day.

sshede said:
Congrats, soon enough you'll be flashing like two or three a day.
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lol I have read that a few times already, looks like you guys are all right!!!

I just flashed mine for the first time a couple days ago as well. And i know just enough to be dangerous. I'm still not sure about the backup process and what each one does.
What does Nandroid Backup do? When should it be done? And when can it be skipped?
What does Titanium Backup do? When should it be done? And when can it be skipped?
For instance, there's a minor update to the ARHD 3.6.9 -> 3.6.10. When i flash this, i assume i should make a Nandroid backup. What about Titanium? What will happen to all my installed apps? Will they be wiped out?
If i install a different ROM all together and don't like it, can i just pull out the Nandroid backup and go back to where i was with the old ROM and all apps still installed?
Also what does Super Wipe do? Does it delete my apps/app data?

wicketr said:
I just flashed mine for the first time a couple days ago as well. And i know just enough to be dangerous. I'm still not sure about the backup process and what each one does.
What does Nandroid Backup do? When should it be done? And when can it be skipped?
What does Titanium Backup do? When should it be done? And when can it be skipped?
For instance, there's a minor update to the ARHD 3.6.9 -> 3.6.10. When i flash this, i assume i should make a Nandroid backup. What about Titanium? What will happen to all my installed apps? Will they be wiped out?
If i install a different ROM all together and don't like it, can i just pull out the Nandroid backup and go back to where i was with the old ROM and all apps still installed?
Also what does Super Wipe do? Does it delete my apps/app data?
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Well I wish I could help you but I am not sure if I have all the right answers to your questions, like I said I just flashed my first rom last night and i have not restored anything yet.
Now I understand that a nandroid backup should be done before you flash a new rom if you want to restore that same rom at a later time, for example I did a nadroid backup of my stock rom but if I flash another rom I wont do a nandroid of this miui rom.
I did a titanium back of a few saved games but I have not restored anything yet.
Regarding ARHD rom I can't really tell you anything, maybe someone will help you faster if you post in their rom thread.
SuperWipe from what I have read wipes all your data, cache, dalvik with just one click instead of going one by one but in the end it will make the same effect if you wipe data, cache, dalvik one by one.
Lets wait if someone chimes in and correct me so we both can learn more

A nandroid backup is a bit for bit copy of your current Android set up. It'll back up your rom, applications, application data like text messages, playlists, bookmarks. Everything. If you ever want to go back to it, just restore the backup and you'll be up and running in 3 to 5 minutes.
Titanium backup lets you back up individual applications to be restored at a later time. For example, if I download Opera Mobile and set up all my speed dial bookmarks, I'll perform a titanium back up of the application so that if I change roms at a later time, I can restore the back up of Opera Mobile and not have to re-set anything up.
Hope this clears the air. Neither of which have to be done, mind you, but they are incredibly convenient.

A nandroid backup should be done always before flashing a new rom. even if your updating a rom you should still do a nandroid backup just in case something goes wrong. Sometimes devs forget something in updates and it could mess up your set up so always backup for safe keeping.

Thank you both for clarifying it for us

I have recently rooted and s off but may I ask what is a kernel ? I want to install a stock ics Rom (I think its pixel or something like that ) and they talk about kernels a lot . Can I just flash it like normal ?
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ihearthapple96 said:
I have recently rooted and s off but may I ask what is a kernel ? I want to install a stock ics Rom (I think its pixel or something like that ) and they talk about kernels a lot . Can I just flash it like normal ?
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You can read here what a kernel is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20768687
In the rom's thread should be the install notes on how to flash that to your phone, basically it is wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik and then flash rom.

Congratulations all who flashed their first Rom soon u all people will flashing new Rom every day. That's all possible due to great talented devs of XDA.
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Well I guess you guys are all right, I just flashed my second rom today lol and I think that I will stay with this one for a while , for those wondering I flashed senseay rom

Congratz on your first rom flash

An actual functioning Rom without Errors.
Flashed Android 4.0.1 ICS w/ Android Revolution HD 5.02 yesterday..... It
's still not a brick!

n0ferz said:
Well I guess you guys are all right, I just flashed my second rom today lol and I think that I will stay with this one for a while , for those wondering I flashed senseay rom
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You may notice diminishing battery life with rom flashes. If this is the case, download Battery Calibration from the market. Charge your phone up to 100% and fire this application up. It'll likely ask for root access upon being started (but it might not). Once you're at 100%, click the giant Battery Calibration button. It may ask for root access a second time, just grant it access and it'll wipe the battery stats file. Then, fully discharge the phone (or atleast within 2 to 5%) and charge it back up to 100%. You should notice an immediate improvement in battery life.

Concrats! Now your grown up! I did my first rom yesterday... Now i feel like a big girl... I was scared ass hell that i would ****ed this up... but it works! So i`m proud!

sshede said:
You may notice diminishing battery life with rom flashes. If this is the case, download Battery Calibration from the market. Charge your phone up to 100% and fire this application up. It'll likely ask for root access upon being started (but it might not). Once you're at 100%, click the giant Battery Calibration button. It may ask for root access a second time, just grant it access and it'll wipe the battery stats file. Then, fully discharge the phone (or atleast within 2 to 5%) and charge it back up to 100%. You should notice an immediate improvement in battery life.
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Hey thanks for the tip, I will try this today and I hope to get an improvement in my battery life!!
swesjes said:
Concrats! Now your grown up! I did my first rom yesterday... Now i feel like a big girl... I was scared ass hell that i would ****ed this up... but it works! So i`m proud!
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gratz to you as well

Lol. Nice to see so much excitement.Your Sennys are not virgins anymore. Soon enough they'll become whores, just like many others

sshede said:
Congrats, soon enough you'll be flashing like two or three a day.
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And there will be alot of bricking in procces.lol.just joking.
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Once you flashed, you will keep on flashing

[Q] random bootloop

Ever since I flashed my first ROM, my phone will start doing random bootloops. The part that is WEIRD about this, is that it only seems to happen between about midnight and 8am. I'm on my phone a lot during the day and it runs fine. It will occasionally (maybe 2-3 times a week) freeze up and need a battery pull, but it's fine otherwise.
But in the late evening, it will get weird. And there's no real key to what is setting it off. Sometimes it will start a boot loop around 12:30/1:00am but with a battery pull and reboot, it's fine until the next night. Sometimes it will start a boot loop around 6am and it's the same thing. I will occasionally have to try a few times to get it to quit looping, but it seems like once 8am rolls around, it quits.
I'm fairly certain this has to do with the fact I'm running custom ROMS, but what is it that is setting it off? I had this issue with CoreDroid and Honey SmartDroid. It was much worse with CoreDroid, and in reading through that massive thread, it was decided that it just didn't play well with a handful of phones. Some hardware issue. (which made me sad because I loved CoreDroid, but didn't want to risk my phone getting bricked since I'm out of warranty and too close to a renewel to pay the insurance claim) Honey SmartDroid didn't do it the first few nights, but then it started in.
I've tried changing my charging cable (I usually recharge at night, and thought that might be it) as well as not recharging at night. With both ROMs, I did a total wipe and re-installed, letting it run for a few days without any extra apps installed (except for a basic few, such as update to Facebook, Gtask, etc). Nothing that I can think of that changes any of my phone settings during those hours. It does it anyway.
I haven't tried running anything closer to stock ROM for more than a few hours because they honestly bore me now that I've seen how awesome of the other ones are. So I don't know if switching back would solve the boot loop issue. But if I need to do that to prevent damage to my phone, I will. I just want to know what's causing the boot loops and why only during those hours?
Thanks!

Have you tried formatting your sd card and full wipe and reflash rom. Also it is known that when a battery starts to go bad it makes the phone reboot several times on its own. Being it goes into bootloop at night when you are charging phone would give me the impression that the culprit would be the battery.

Reinaldo33897 said:
Have you tried formatting your sd card and full wipe and reflash rom. Also it is known that when a battery starts to go bad it makes the phone reboot several times on its own. Being it goes into bootloop at night when you are charging phone would give me the impression that the culprit would be the battery.
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I haven't tried formatting the sd card. When I do that, do a do a new backup on that sd card? Or just put the ROM zip on the card and go from there? It might be the battery, I hadn't thought about that. I did consider that it might be the charging cable, but it will do it regardless of whether the phone is charging or not. The phone is about a year and a half old, so the battery could well be going on it.

Sorry don't want to sound mean but there is lots of threads that all have this issue with the "random" reboots or I have search all over the place but my "issue" is different.
Look up the title random reboots in this forums or PD98 IMG etc..
I'm sure you will find the issue before yet another reboot thread gets closed..again..
If you have done that and still have issue pm me if u want ..good luck
My Inspire

NicoleW said:
I haven't tried formatting the sd card. When I do that, do a do a new backup on that sd card? Or just put the ROM zip on the card and go from there? It might be the battery, I hadn't thought about that. I did consider that it might be the charging cable, but it will do it regardless of whether the phone is charging or not. The phone is about a year and a half old, so the battery could well be going on it.
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Do a nandroid backup then copy everything on your sd csrd to a folder on your computer then format the card. Then place rom on sd do a full wipe
1. factory wipe
2. cache wipe
3. advance> dalvik wipe
4. go back> wipe phone partitions (except sd card)
then flash rom see if that helps if you still have the issue then cheapest route would be replace battery which I think is your culprit. Good luck.
Your rom backup will be located in the clockworkmod folder in case you have any issues.

CYRAXDroid said:
Sorry don't want to sound mean but there is lots of threads that all have this issue with the "random" reboots or I have search all over the place but my "issue" is different.
Look up the title random reboots in this forums or PD98 IMG etc..
I'm sure you will find the issue before yet another reboot thread gets closed..again..
If you have done that and still have issue pm me if u want ..good luck
My Inspire
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My apologies. I did try to do a search, but that vast majority of the results dealt with ROMs that I'm not running, boot loops that couldn't be stopped, or phones that I don't own. I honestly didn't see any that dealt with a phone that reboots only during certain hours. I understand how frustrating it is to have newbies constantly asking the same questions over and over, which is why I tried to avoid that. I will look up PD98 IMG and see where that gets me, as well as go through the threads from the other ROMs.
Thank you for your help.

Reinaldo33897 said:
Do a nandroid backup then copy everything on your sd csrd to a folder on your computer then format the card. Then place rom on sd do a full wipe
1. factory wipe
2. cache wipe
3. advance> dalvik wipe
4. go back> wipe phone partitions (except sd card)
then flash rom see if that helps if you still have the issue then cheapest route would be replace battery which I think is your culprit. Good luck.
Your rom backup will be located in the clockworkmod folder in case you have any issues.
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Thank you so much for your detailed response. I'll give that a try tonight while I'm also researching the other threads I was told to go through. I'll let you know how it worked out.

No need to say sorry lol...your ok just hate so the new ones get cyber yelled at by some mod and close your thread and not getting your answer.
But even though it maybe not be for the rom that your running but also check out the Q&As of those Roms.
And also I know the htc inspire thread for ROMs is always on top of the game here but just letting you know as well Desire HD forums is I would say you should go for the most recent ROMs and updates etc.. And yes Desire HD can be used for the Htc Inspire so thats where Im at for the most part..
But if you ever get a boot loop form a rom you flash make sure you fully wipe (sorry just funny every time.you will see what I mean) from rom to rom unless other wise...If you still happen to have the PD98IMG file still on your sd card happens when you 1st root and for get that its there delete I use Es File Explorer to find whats on the sd card there are others astro file manager. Also This happen to me once when I flash scripts,gps fix, kernels then the rom that I was going to use and it just totally F'd my phone or re boots random or just gets stuck on the htc screen..
But I had made this post for another user (new) maybe this may help:
So this is an idea of what I do when I flash a rom and some other ideas/tips.
Getting Started or Flashing A Rom:
Once you root your phone (this is not in any order really) you should get ROM Manager aka Clock Work Mod. Once you get that, open the CWM and the first top half you will see flash clockworkmod recovery make sure your on wifi I would at least for the updates. You will see a dialog box click desire hd. This will allow you to make back ups of your settings that you made when you flash a rom its always a good idea to make your backups its a life save!! So, once you made your back up and this is what I do.. I plug in my phone to the pc switch to disk mode which will let you see whats on your sd card. Since you flash the CWM and recovery you will see on your sd card a folder called clockworkmod open then backups folder you will see you back that you made, drag and drop that backup file that you made to your fold that you made on pc to save it for later. And thats pretty much how I save my backups of roms etc.. Now if you need to load that back up just plug phone in disk mode cwm fold>backup drag and drop back up that you need. And boot into recovery mode and select back up and restore and select restore and the file boot and your good..
I would download which Rom I would like to use. Save it to pc to a folder that I have made that I store all my roms, backups,radios & rils, kernels..etc.. just to keep myself organized. Once you get your rom just drag and drop it to the ROOT of the sd card do NOT add it in any folder thats on the sd card. Once you have it on the card just boot into recovery flash your rom.. Other then that its easy to flash the rom.. And when you get all your settings set up make a back up and when done save it to the pc and delete it from the sd card if you dont want to keep on the card I do that..
When it comes to battery life it depends on what the rom.. But I like to use killers http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...ht=killersolth scripts for the kernels.. For me I always flash a different kernel upon flashing a new rom. For me having the kernel and killers script is the best combo for me to have for performance and battery life.. now since I have inspire I use the uv lites scripts.
For the most part flashing radios & Rils you would never really need to do that so I wouldnt recommend it for now maybe later but read about it its good to know what it does..
Other sides which I for got to add.. When you flash a new rom its always good to wipe user data.,cache, delvik it makes it for a good clean install with other roms..
Also the desire HD thread which the inspire can use the roms from that thread to.
Well I hope this helps you in any way.. if you need help PM me best of luck
SORRY FOR SUCH A LONG POST HAHA
Sooooooooo if you had ?s about Roms or Scripts,GPS not locking on after rom flashing,KERNELS (are my fav) let me know PM me

NicoleW said:
Thank you so much for your detailed response. I'll give that a try tonight while I'm also researching the other threads I was told to go through. I'll let you know how it worked out.
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When anyone helps you on XDA just hit the thanks button.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
When anyone helps you on XDA just hit the thanks button.
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Smooth friend
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA

Reinaldo33897 said:
Do a nandroid backup then copy everything on your sd csrd to a folder on your computer then format the card. Then place rom on sd do a full wipe
1. factory wipe
2. cache wipe
3. advance> dalvik wipe
4. go back> wipe phone partitions (except sd card)
then flash rom see if that helps if you still have the issue then cheapest route would be replace battery which I think is your culprit. Good luck.
Your rom backup will be located in the clockworkmod folder in case you have any issues.
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I wanted to update.
This worked great. I followed the instructions and have not had one boot loop or freeze up since. I already hit the "Thanks" button, but I wanted to thank you again for taking time to help out.

NicoleW said:
I wanted to update.
This worked great. I followed the instructions and have not had one boot loop or freeze up since. I already hit the "Thanks" button, but I wanted to thank you again for taking time to help out.
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What do you mean update what Rom are you using again because if whatever Rom your using in the op should be an update if the dev made one. If I'm not mistaken once your rooted and try to do a system update the phone will freeze up.
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By update, I meant that I wanted to give an update on the issue I was having. Not update my ROM. Sorry for the confusion.

NicoleW said:
By update, I meant that I wanted to give an update on the issue I was having. Not update my ROM. Sorry for the confusion.
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Lol.. well if u have anything else let us know or pm One of us
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[Q] Flashing back to TouchWiz from CM10.0?

I recently installed CM10.0 (The stable release) on my gs3, and I'm not too happy with the severe battery drain and glitchy lockscreen, so I want to swicth back to a TouchWiz based ROM that will provide a good balance of performance and great battery life. I have two questions. First, is there anything special I have to do with transitioning back to TouchWiz from CM10.0? I know I had to install the gapps package, but the factory wipe should remove that right?
Also ROM suggestions for stable performance with ability to tweak more settings, but at the same time retains healthy battery life? After researching a bit, CleanROM or Synergy seem like my best bet, but I would like opinions from more experience users than myself, I'm still pretty new to this.
Thank you in advance! :good:

i wipe data, cache, dalvik in between roms.
if im going to 4.2 to TW or TW to 4.2 or whatever.
if you like the looks of AOSP but the function of TW flash Beans build 10. you WILL NOT regret it.

xNali said:
I recently installed CM10.0 (The stable release) on my gs3, and I'm not too happy with the severe battery drain and glitchy lockscreen, so I want to swicth back to a TouchWiz based ROM that will provide a good balance of performance and great battery life. I have two questions. First, is there anything special I have to do with transitioning back to TouchWiz from CM10.0? I know I had to install the gapps package, but the factory wipe should remove that right?
Also ROM suggestions for stable performance with ability to tweak more settings, but at the same time retains healthy battery life? After researching a bit, CleanROM or Synergy seem like my best bet, but I would like opinions from more experience users than myself, I'm still pretty new to this.
Thank you in advance! :good:
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Hey xNali,
I was in a similar position, in which I went from TW to CM10 stable, back to TW. To go back, all I did was, in Clockworkmod recovery, wipe the phone/factory restore, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and then flashed the TW ROM.
As to your second question, I am using CleanROM 5.6 w/ lean kernel. I am only on the first battery cycle with very minimal usage (less than 1 hour of screen time), and I got about 1 day and 5 hours of battery life on it. Thus far, CleanROM seems to be very stable and I have yet to experience any issues - no apps crashing, wifi, BT tether all work, no screen flickering. At the same time, I use my phone primarily for work emails, so others on the board may be able to provide better advise.
In addition to CleanROM and Synergy, Jelly Beans also seems to be very popular (based solely on the # of posts in that thread).

JOLiu said:
Hey xNali,
I was in a similar position, in which I went from TW to CM10 stable, back to TW. To go back, all I did was, in Clockworkmod recovery, wipe the phone/factory restore, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and then flashed the TW ROM.
As to your second question, I am using CleanROM 5.6 w/ lean kernel. I am only on the first battery cycle with very minimal usage (less than 1 hour of screen time), and I got about 1 day and 5 hours of battery life on it. Thus far, CleanROM seems to be very stable and I have yet to experience any issues - no apps crashing, wifi, BT tether all work, no screen flickering. At the same time, I use my phone primarily for work emails, so others on the board may be able to provide better advise.
In addition to CleanROM and Synergy, Jelly Beans also seems to be very popular (based solely on the # of posts in that thread).
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Thanks for the advice. I'm getting like 12-15 hours with very minimal usage which is pathetic to me. I've never flashed a kernel before, can you link a thread for me?

ddurandSGS3 said:
i wipe data, cache, dalvik in between roms.
if im going to 4.2 to TW or TW to 4.2 or whatever.
if you like the looks of AOSP but the function of TW flash Beans build 10. you WILL NOT regret it.
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Awesome that is essentially my issue are the bugs which I completely understand, because they are still doing nightlies to perfect it. How's your battery life?

xNali said:
Thanks for the advice. I'm getting like 12-15 hours with very minimal usage which is pathetic to me. I've never flashed a kernel before, can you link a thread for me?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2116415
I can't find the thread, but another thing I remember reading was to install CleanROM and, while still in recovery, flash the kernel (find Lean Kernel here - make sure you download the TW kernel, and not the AOSP one).
Once the kernel is flashed, and before you reboot, someone suggested clearing cache, dalvik cache, fix permissions, and then reboot. No idea what fix permissions does, and how it affects how the ROM and kernel run.
Also, what others have said is to allow the ROM to settle a few battery cycles to see the full effect of the ROM/kernel. Again, I have no idea how this has any effect on battery life, but a lot of people seem to swear by it.
Hope this helps.

I will give that a shot tomorrow. My other worry is I had to revert back to stock when I was flashing CM10 the first time because it was stuck on roaming and on stock you cannot change from NV to RUIM/SIM and it was stuck on roaming. Is there an option in CleanROM to change it or will it be ok when I flash it? I was stuck on roaming and had to flash back to CM10 change the setting then flash back to stock.
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xNali said:
I will give that a shot tomorrow. My other worry is I had to revert back to stock when I was flashing CM10 the first time because it was stuck on roaming and on stock you cannot change from NV to RUIM/SIM and it was stuck on roaming. Is there an option in CleanROM to change it or will it be ok when I flash it? I was stuck on roaming and had to flash back to CM10 change the setting then flash back to stock.
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You'll be fine when you flash clean ROM 5.6. When you're wiping cache and dalvic you shoul also format system. That will insure that you get a good clean install. Also is your imei backed up just in case? There is a thread on how to back it up if you need to.
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[Resolved] [Q]AOKP boot loops after premature battery pull

I've had AOKP (can't remember which version..) installed for a while now and it's been acting funny, boot looping from time to time, but a simple battery pull fixed it each time.
Today I was turning off the phone to switch out the battery, and pulled out the battery before it had finished shutting down the "proper" way. Now when I turn it on, it gets stuck at "Initiating Swagger" with the pink unicorn. I've tried wiping the dalvik cache and formatting /cache.
I'd like to preserve some of the photos and texts, as well as all my apps which I, completely stupidly, didn't back up with Titanium Backup even though I've been meaning to for a little while now. I'm ready to reset and install a new rom if I have to, but I was wondering if there was a simple fix I'm overlooking since all I did was pull the battery out too early, rather than having done anything substantial like installing a new rom. Really appreciate any help, I've been phoneless all day and would love to not go through the motions of a whole new rom.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND

Amb1valence said:
I've had AOKP (can't remember which version..) installed for a while now and it's been acting funny, boot looping from time to time, but a simple battery pull fixed it each time.
Today I was turning off the phone to switch out the battery, and pulled out the battery before it had finished shutting down the "proper" way. Now when I turn it on, it gets stuck at "Initiating Swagger" with the pink unicorn. I've tried wiping the dalvik cache and formatting /cache.
I'd like to preserve some of the photos and texts, as well as all my apps which I, completely stupidly, didn't back up with Titanium Backup even though I've been meaning to for a little while now. I'm ready to reset and install a new rom if I have to, but I was wondering if there was a simple fix I'm overlooking since all I did was pull the battery out too early, rather than having done anything substantial like installing a new rom. Really appreciate any help, I've been phoneless all day and would love to not go through the motions of a whole new rom.
I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND
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Looks like pulling the battery while it was shutting down corrupted some essential scripts on your device. So you have to flash a Rom to fix this. Dont worry coz there is something i do which can help you if you want to keep your apps n all. What you have to do is take a clockwork mod recovery backup right now. Then wipe everything including data,cache and dalvik cache. Now flash your Rom. If you want your apps n all then flash the same Rom you had. Now after it is flashed and working, boot to cwm recovery. select backup and restore then go for advanced restore. Select the backup you took. And restore data alone. This should make your phone look like it had never been flashed again with the Rom. Just like you had it before. And if even now the bootloop continues, do the same but first flash the kernel then Rom then do what i asked you to do. Hopes this helps...

Thanks man, that's a great idea, I didn't even think of that. Unfortunately I tried it, without and then with the kernel and it still didn't work.
What I ended up doing (for any of our posterior who happen upon this post) is installed the newest version of AOKP (which I actually didn't have previously), and downloaded an app called nandroid manager, which pulls apps/data, SMS messages, call logs, everything from any nandroid backup. I'm restoring all my stuff right now. Thank god.
Interestingly enough, even after I wiped everything multiple times, when I connected my phone to the computer it had all my photos & other data still on the internal storage. Weird as hell. But whatever.

Amb1valence said:
Thanks man, that's a great idea, I didn't even think of that. Unfortunately I tried it, without and then with the kernel and it still didn't work.
What I ended up doing (for any of our posterior who happen upon this post) is installed the newest version of AOKP (which I actually didn't have previously), and downloaded an app called nandroid manager, which pulls apps/data, SMS messages, call logs, everything from any nandroid backup. I'm restoring all my stuff right now. Thank god.
Interestingly enough, even after I wiped everything multiple times, when I connected my phone to the computer it had all my photos & other data still on the internal storage. Weird as hell. But whatever.
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Thats pretty interesting.. I never tried AOKP so dunno much bout the way it works. Anyway happy for you man..

Amb1valence said:
Thanks man, that's a great idea, I didn't even think of that. Unfortunately I tried it, without and then with the kernel and it still didn't work.
What I ended up doing (for any of our posterior who happen upon this post) is installed the newest version of AOKP (which I actually didn't have previously), and downloaded an app called nandroid manager, which pulls apps/data, SMS messages, call logs, everything from any nandroid backup. I'm restoring all my stuff right now. Thank god.
Interestingly enough, even after I wiped everything multiple times, when I connected my phone to the computer it had all my photos & other data still on the internal storage. Weird as hell. But whatever.
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That's because a wipe does not affect sd card or internal storage

brandonarev said:
That's because a wipe does not affect sd card or internal storage
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Well.. It do affect internal memory on low phones. I am not sure bout devices having large internal storage but wiping data usually removes everything on my internal.

[Q] A balanced rom?

I would like to recommend me a custom rom. I would prefer to be very smooth and a good performance. I don't care too much about themes. Until now, I've tried several Lola's old roms and they are good, but I think that is time to update my phone to a rom based on 4.2.2.
Also, I've two questions:
---Lola's roms are optimized for our devices or they are just ported ?
--- Do you recomend to use Ram Manager Pro or V6 SuperCharger by zeppelinrox? V6 SuperCharger, Kickass kernelizer and 3G TurboCharger are good for our phone?
Sorry for my bad english.

I would suggest CM10.1 A8 by master dhiru1602.
but first you need to backup your efs folder (thread here).
Lola's roms (based on CM10 or CM10.1 by dhiru1602) are ported to our device because we don't have Jelly bean stock roms.
well I don't use any of them... V6 SuperCharger seems to be more rated but Ram Manager Pro is easier to use
Notice: to enable "Performance" and "developer options" in CM10.1...7 hits on the Build number.
regards

Carbon rom by lola. Super smooth!
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda app-developers app

Sorry for hijacking the thread. But I have some doubts about switching to a new rom. Currently my phone is facing these issues:
1) Wifi does not work for more than 10 feet, within the same room too. 50% strength at 2 feet distance from the router.
2) Battery backup is gone crazy low to about 9 hours on standby. Can't leave the phone unplugged for night, as by morning it is almost dead. (I guess it might be just my battery dying out).
3) Camera does not pick up any light at all. It is always too dark for any image.
I am currently using Cf-root by skin 1980 as the kernel, and the stock rom XXLE4. My common usage is playing games, occasional camera usage, internet using wifi/3g, and gps. Also, I am using go launcher themes, and stock rom's facebook sync to save contacts.
I am unsure if I should backup everything and reflash the phone with stock rom or go with a new one. CM10.1 looks good, but I am still unsure about specifically these two issues:
•Doesn't have wings
•Doesn't have 4 processor cores
How much will this affect my usage scenario? Based on my usage scenario, should I go for a new rom, or stock one?
Also, how can I best backup my synced contacts?

jitendragarg said:
Sorry for hijacking the thread. But I have some doubts about switching to a new rom. Currently my phone is facing these issues:
1) Wifi does not work for more than 10 feet, within the same room too. 50% strength at 2 feet distance from the router.
2) Battery backup is gone crazy low to about 9 hours on standby. Can't leave the phone unplugged for night, as by morning it is almost dead. (I guess it might be just my battery dying out).
3) Camera does not pick up any light at all. It is always too dark for any image.
I am currently using Cf-root by skin 1980 as the kernel, and the stock rom XXLE4. My common usage is playing games, occasional camera usage, internet using wifi/3g, and gps. Also, I am using go launcher themes, and stock rom's facebook sync to save contacts.
I am unsure if I should backup everything and reflash the phone with stock rom or go with a new one. CM10.1 looks good, but I am still unsure about specifically these two issues:
•Doesn't have wings
•Doesn't have 4 processor cores
How much will this affect my usage scenario? Based on my usage scenario, should I go for a new rom, or stock one?
Also, how can I best backup my synced contacts?
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If you like stock roms, try DDMF1 and rooted using Bam kernel (PDA_BCK_CF-root_universal_beta14fix.tar)...you will get the best battery life
CM10.1 by dhiru1602 is awesome (and all the other JB roms especially Lola's roms) but GB is better for gaming and battery life
check this thread!

ASMI1 said:
If you like stock roms, try DDMF1 and rooted using Bam kernel (PDA_BCK_CF-root_universal_beta14fix.tar)...you will get the best battery life
CM10.1 by dhiru1602 is awesome (and all the other JB roms especially Lola's roms) but GB is better for gaming and battery life
check this thread!
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Thanks for the response. Actually, I don't prefer stock at all, just the facebook sync thing. Saves me the hassle of saving the contacts. Also, I guess that low a battery life has something to do with dying battery, rather than rom. I think I should give custom JB rom a try, but before that was wondering if switching to cm10.1 will be worth it or not. If it does not bug out a lot, I will definitely prefer cm10.1. But as you mentioned, if it is slow at gaming, I would stay with stock for now.
BTW, is that wifi issue a normal thing? I get about 50% strength on stock rom, even if I keep my phone next to router,
Edit:
I checked that thread. Most of LoLation's post talk about how stable JB roms are now. While CM10.1 talks about not having all processor cores working. How much difference does that cause? Will it be extremely noticeable in the smaller games? I don't do games above 50mb anyway, so most of extreme games are out of question. heaviest game I play on my phone is temple run 2, and cut the rope. Will JB rom cause them to stutter too?

No, for normal games you won't notice any difference and some games work better on JB but i didn't get some heavy games to work on JB like NFS most wanted or dead trigger (i can run temple run Oz even on 600MHz frequency and conservative covernor).
If you go for JB roms, try to use greenify app...it will increase your battery life.
CM10.1 A8 is almost complete and it's really stable and smooth but has very small bugs.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium

A balanced rom?
Trust on
Like S4 v2.0.3 (odex) (4.2.2 A8) by Lola or
EHNDROIX™ II 13.2.9 (4.2.2 A8) by AlessandroXCV
Both are fast, stable & b e a u t i ful.
You will be smiling...

ASMI1 said:
No, for normal games you won't notice any difference and some games work better on JB but i didn't get some heavy games to work on JB like NFS most wanted or dead trigger (i can run temple run Oz even on 600MHz frequency and conservative covernor).
If you go for JB roms, try to use greenify app...it will increase your battery life.
CM10.1 A8 is almost complete and it's really stable and smooth but has very small bugs.
Sent from my GT-I9003 using xda premium
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Sorry for delayed response. Was stuck with family issues.
I have some issues on Gingerbread stock, with temple run 2. If you say it can work with even 600MHz frequency, I will take your word on it. As for stability, small bugs are fine.
sam_777 said:
Trust on
Like S4 v2.0.3 (odex) (4.2.2 A8) by Lola or
EHNDROIX™ II 13.2.9 (4.2.2 A8) by AlessandroXCV
Both are fast, stable & b e a u t i ful.
You will be smiling...
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I hope any one of them support facebook sync. Nothing makes me smile more than not having to manually backup my contacts.
Seriously though, I will keep looking for a contact backup tool in the forum. If I find one, will try EHNDROIX. S4 sux, so "Like S4" is not a good rom for me.

jitendragarg said:
Sorry for delayed response. Was stuck with family issues.
I have some issues on Gingerbread stock, with temple run 2. If you say it can work with even 600MHz frequency, I will take your word on it. As for stability, small bugs are fine.
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Hey bro, I didn't play temple run 2, I said that I can run temple run Oz with 600MHz frequency on DDMF1 (I stick to DDMF1 because I get about %2 battery consumption in deep sleep even with a fat battery).
I you are looking for an app to backup/restore your contacts here is a good one.
Best regards

you can try proBAM ROM. it is quite stable then any other rom.

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Hey bro, I didn't play temple run 2, I said that I can run temple run Oz with 600MHz frequency on DDMF1 (I stick to DDMF1 because I get about %2 battery consumption in deep sleep even with a fat battery).
I you are looking for an app to backup/restore your contacts here is a good one.
Best regards
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Thanks. That app sounds perfect for the job. Will check it out. :highfive:
As for game issue, I guess it might be specific with that game, but never mind, a game is not worth more than having better OS. :good:
Edit:
Tried installing the stock rom from scratch before flashing jb ones. As soon as I install cf-root, it simply says "Can't mount sdcard". Tried with a different cf-root and stock rom, same problem. Can't flash any jb roms because of it. Stock roms work well, even CWM scripts work fine. But, in recovery mode, it simply does not mount the internal sdcard.

jitendragarg said:
Thanks. That app sounds perfect for the job. Will check it out. :highfive:
As for game issue, I guess it might be specific with that game, but never mind, a game is not worth more than having better OS. :good:
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Tried installing the stock rom from scratch before flashing jb ones. As soon as I install cf-root, it simply says "Can't mount sdcard". Tried with a different cf-root and stock rom, same problem. Can't flash any jb roms because of it. Stock roms work well, even CWM scripts work fine. But, in recovery mode, it simply does not mount the internal sdcard.
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Try to format your sdcard using cwm recovery.
BTW...hitting the "thanks" button is easier than write it

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Try to format your sdcard using cwm recovery.
BTW...hitting the "thanks" button is easier than write it
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Ok, I will try that too.
And sorry, totally missed that button because of white background. :silly: Also, that super backup is awesome. Much better than titanium backup for me.
Edit: Nope. Same issue. "Can't mount sd card". Here is what I have done. Repartition and flash froyo (XXKPE). Flash DDLF2 (XXLE4). Flash the CF-root and then factory reset. Wiping dalvik cache works, but can't wipe battery stats. There is no message when selecting "wipe battery stats". IIRC, this happened last time too, and so I went back to stock rom. Also, as soon as I wipe dalvik cache, it stops booting and gets stuck at boot screen. Something is seriously wrong with this phone, I think.

Freez at boot screen
jitendragarg said:
Ok, I will try that too.
And sorry, totally missed that button because of white background. :silly: Also, that super backup is awesome. Much better than titanium backup for me.
Edit: Nope. Same issue. "Can't mount sd card". Here is what I have done. Repartition and flash froyo (XXKPE). Flash DDLF2 (XXLE4). Flash the CF-root and then factory reset. Wiping dalvik cache works, but can't wipe battery stats. There is no message when selecting "wipe battery stats". IIRC, this happened last time too, and so I went back to stock rom. Also, as soon as I wipe dalvik cache, it stops booting and gets stuck at boot screen. Something is seriously wrong with this phone, I think.
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Try - wipe data/factory reset - from cwm menu. It worked for me when I was trying to flash DDLF2.

sam_777 said:
Try - wipe data/factory reset - from cwm menu. It worked for me when I was trying to flash DDLF2.
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Tried. Same response. After flashing DDLF2, I did wipe cache, dalvik cache and data. Still hangs up. If I don't wipe cache, it boots but that same "unable to mount issue" exist.
Exact error in recovery mode after flashing the DDLF2. "Can't access to '/system/csc/KOR/system'". Any idea what this might be?

CSC Error
jitendragarg said:
Tried. Same response. After flashing DDLF2, I did wipe cache, dalvik cache and data. Still hangs up. If I don't wipe cache, it boots but that same "unable to mount issue" exist.
Exact error in recovery mode after flashing the DDLF2. "Can't access to '/system/csc/KOR/system'". Any idea what this might be?
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No idea!. Try without sim and ext sd card. If does not work out try flash DDLF2 (if possible rooted) with odin again without sim & ext sd. Clean everything from cwm and reboot. Good luck.

sam_777 said:
No idea!. Try without sim and ext sd card. If does not work out try flash DDLF2 (if possible rooted) with odin again without sim & ext sd. Clean everything from cwm and reboot. Good luck.
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Thanks a ton! Flashing without sim worked. Although, tbh, I did downloaded a different cf-root from that "big list of cf-root thread". But, it works wonders now.
Also, you were right. S4 might suck, but Like S4 is pretty smooth. Testing it out further, now. Once again, thanks a lot.

jitendragarg said:
Thanks a ton! Flashing without sim worked. Although, tbh, I did downloaded a different cf-root from that "big list of cf-root thread". But, it works wonders now.
Also, you were right. S4 might suck, but Like S4 is pretty smooth. Testing it out further, now. Once again, thanks a lot.
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You are welcome. Probably smiling now.. Never mind. I found Like S4 is not stable after using 3 days, even if I change to Dhiru's kernel. Faced two sudden hot boot once after a call end and other while unlocking. Faced black screen whenever I tried to backup with Titanium. No problem at all with supper backup and other apps.
Anyway, we are here - happy to help each other.

sam_777 said:
You are welcome. Probably smiling now.. Never mind. I found Like S4 is not stable after using 3 days, even if I change to Dhiru's kernel. Faced two sudden hot boot once after a call end and other while unlocking. Faced black screen whenever I tried to backup with Titanium. No problem at all with supper backup and other apps.
Anyway, we are here - happy to help each other.
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Ha ha! yep, definitely smiling now. Testing it out, for battery backup first. Hopefully, it will stable for me. Did a fresh install of everything, afterall, so I deserve some perks for that. noticed one weird issue though; even if I use go launcher, the default ui keeps running in background. hopefully this does not suck up all the battery. If not, I can now keep on trying all the roms.
Also, titanium is absurd in comparison to super backup; no contacts backup, and restore ask for permission for every app. Can't believe I was stuck on it for so long.
BTW, I have noticed the weird lack of fm, alarm clock, and facebook sync in all custom roms. Why do we hate these things? Atleast fm and alarm clock are a necessity of sorts.