So I used odin to upgrade to stock ICS. All my apps are there, including all the data. So are all the settings, files on internal storage. I did lose my root and had to reconfigure my hotmail Email. However Flash is not working...I thought odin would erase everything including internal memory? Correct me if I'm wrong.
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Odin didn't trip the flash counter either. I found that out when I was going to flash cwm.
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So I used odin to upgrade to stock ICS. All my apps are there, including all the data. So are all the settings, files on internal storage. I did lose my root and had to reconfigure my hotmail Email. However Flash is not working...I thought odin would erase everything including internal memory? Correct me if I'm wrong.
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which tar file did u use, no it wont wipe int. or ext sdcards
I think the one in the thread you pointed me to in another thread of mine.. the title was Why am the only one? Ring a bell?
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I think the one in the thread you pointed me to in another thread of mine.. the title was Why am the only one? Ring a bell?
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weird, when i ever flashed back to stock it was like getting a new phone, had to go through setup and all, but maybe i wiped everything first, cant remember, i will try to replicate that when i got some time.
do a reset from within ics should do the trick, funny thing is people complain that they lost all their apps and settings .
what rom did u have b4 this, could be because ur on a mac w/vm?
I was on stock 2.3.6. On windows7. Followed everything in the instructions.
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I was on stock 2.3.6. On windows7. Followed everything in the instructions.
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did u follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
ur the guy that had probs w/kies not the guy on a mac, sorry
did u go through the odin issues on that guide, specifically
•if the phone boots into any rom, make sure windows can transfer from and to internal and external sdcards to rule out driver issues
•does kies recognize your phone, even if you are on a custom rom kies will recognize your phone, this rules out driver issues
edit: check what version u have in settings/about phone, post screenshot if u can
No need to Wonder remember this is your official update so every Things stays intact when is done with odin, the ONLY Thing you lose is your root. Just have to Root again and get rid of the bloatware with tb
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No need to Wonder remember this is your official update so every Things stays intact when is done with odin, the ONLY Thing you lose is your root. Just have to Root again and get rid of the bloatware with tb
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i remember losing everything when doing, but i have a bad memory, im going to do it again to confirm, im going to go str8 from skyics to rogers ics, then ics to rogers gb and see what happens, i know but im bored and perplexed
edit:confirmed..i have a bad memory, went str8 from skyics, to rogers stock ics the odin way and it does keep your old apps, settings(wifi,bt, sms messages, call logs, etc)
now im going to go to rogers stock gb from rogers ics
edit: going from stock ics to stock gb is a no go, it seems that it did wipe the apps/settings because it booted w/the setup wizard, but i could not past the setup wizard, too many fc, rebooted back to stock recovery and performed a reset, rebooted and it worked like a charm, but of course after performing a reset no previous stuff was there
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i remember losing everything when doing, but i have a bad memory, im going to do it again to confirm, im going to go str8 from skyics to rogers ics, then ics to rogers gb and see what happens, i know but im bored and perplexed
edit:confirmed..i have a bad memory, went str8 from skyics, to rogers stock ics the odin way and it does keep your old apps, settings(wifi,bt, sms messages, call logs, etc)
now im going to go to rogers stock gb from rogers ics
edit: going from stock ics to stock gb is a no go, it seems that it did wipe the apps/settings because it booted w/the setup wizard, but i could not past the setup wizard, too many fc, rebooted back to stock recovery and performed a reset, rebooted and it worked like a charm, but of course after performing a reset no previous stuff was there
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Just remember you are on Rogers and each build has its differences i am on att
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Just remember you are on Rogers and each build has its differences i am on att
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did u try going back to gb from ics, if so did it boot correctly and was all ur stuff still there
edit: i need to know so i can update my new sticky
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At this point I've tried every method of flashing, and every version of cwmr. No matter what version or method I use, after about a week, I lose the ability to flash any roms that I havnt already flashed. I also can only restore certain backups due to.an MD5 mismatch. Has anyone else had these issues?
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hey, unfortunately i cant help you. I havent even been able to flash cm7 once. always boot loop.
md5 sums are giving me mismatch with some the original restore (nandroid) from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048274
Yea, a guy In the cm7 thread its going to post a dl that worked for him so ill try that one and let u guys know as far as cm7 goes.
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I just want to revert to stock so I can get a replacement lol... maybe if you have one I can try :-/ I just deleted mine by accident (read the dates wrong)
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I just want to revert to stock so I can get a replacement lol... maybe if you have one I can try :-/ I just deleted mine by accident (read the dates wrong)
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Download the stock with root and use one click root to unroot after that use one click recovery and pick stock. Than hard reset your back on tmobile out the box stock
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At this point I've tried every method of flashing, and every version of cwmr. No matter what version or method I use, after about a week, I lose the ability to flash any roms that I havnt already flashed. I also can only restore certain backups due to.an MD5 mismatch. Has anyone else had these issues?
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No issues like this. I reverted back to other roms more than once and it worked everytime. No mismatch error
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Download the stock with root and use one click root to unroot after that use one click recovery and pick stock. Than hard reset your back on tmobile out the box stock
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Ya I downloaded it and everything and tried different ways and it wont let restore, just says md5 sums mismatched tried 2 sdcards and downloading them in root of sd card and directly in the CWM/restore folder. still a no go, but I can restore other backups and flsh roms. just not the one i need.
Probably won't get to it till thursday or so, but im going to try and go back to completely stock, reroot, reflash cwr, flash cm7. Otherwise im getting a replacement...
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The dl posted in another thread for me failed as well. I also had an intense the other day where all my partitions were completely wiped. It took 3 hours to finally get nv flash to flash cwr and flash a rom.
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Probably won't get to it till thursday or so, but im going to try and go back to completely stock, reroot, reflash cwr, flash cm7. Otherwise im getting a replacement...
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I have a feeling im going to return another one thatll make 4
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My SD was bad! Reformatted in cwr, then in settings SD and storage... dl cm7, and flashed. Just remember to copy ALL the contents of your sdcard cause formatting WILL DELETE EVERYTHING!
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Ok if anyone is still having problems, id like to mention that I exchanged my 5 year old 2g simcard yesterday for a new one, and bought a new 16gb class 4 sandisk sdcard, and EVERYTHING is working great! so far maybe only 2 or 3 occurrences of data loss, easily corrected with a battery pull. And I borked some lib files trying to get the camcorder to work. So I installed the kanged version update-cm-7.1.0-RC0-G2x-KANG-signed.zip overtop of my build to get the rom to boot again, and now the camcorder works! Maybe only about 15fps but works nonetheless...
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ok, so i've read what i think i need to root and install a custom ROM (i think i want to try eagles blood 2.8 first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124522)
just got my G2x on Monday and it has GB 2.3.3 but i have not checked if it has an update and not sure i want to update it first, but that is my question.
should i do an update first before i do anything else or does it even matter? i mean i will root, then do a backup, then install the ROM, right? so it shouldnt matter if the phone is the latest and greatest from LG or T-Mobile as i will be overwriting it anyway...at least that is how i think it works
also i have seen where people are saying to wipe everything (or at least a few folders), how is that done? just delete what is in the folders or is there a tool to wipe said data?
No OTA updates are available, but is unnecessary anyway. Also, no need to root if you want to flash these roms as they already have root access. Flash clockworkmod (search for the thread on that) then flash the rom you want. All the instructions are there.
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thanks, i didnt even want to try the update, but since you said there isnt one, i tried and sure enough, i have the latest already
OTA=over the air? i've seen that one a few times, some new acronyms here i need to learn
this is what i was going to do first
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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1st Root your phone. Then Flash cwm thru nv flash. This is the only way if you want to manually boot into recovery
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No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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No need to root before nvflashing cwm.
Yes, OTA is "over the air". And just so you know, make sure you follow those nvflash steps EXACTLY as written. What you are choosing to flash, however, is the completely stock (although rooted) version of android 2.3.3 that you already have on your phone. This is fine, but after you get cwm you can flash any custom rom you find within the development section as well. I recommend at least choosing cm7 because the stock rom sucks.
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gotcha, so that thread is the one i need to follow?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
This one. It's actually linked as the first step in your thread. This is the important one. Read it over a couple times first, and maybe watch some videos too.
Everything after that step in your thread is basically how to flash a custom rom. They are just choosing a rooted version of stock as their example.
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root first if you want to backup any of the apps on the phone.
i rooted , clockworked , backed up the phone then copied the int and ext sd roms to my pc. installed titanium and backed up all the apps in the stock rom i thought i might want to keep. ( mostly the nova demo and need for speed) . copy your rom contents over so if you mistakenly format your sd card you can still return the phone to stock. ( don't ask i did it ) tryed cm7 stable. liked it but had sleep of death issues. returned the phone to stock . messed with the stock apps and root explorer backed everything up again. and now im ruing weapon r and love it. no stutter and smooth as a hot knife going thru butter and no sleep of death! and USB works every time. even love the loader he used.
ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top
that looks good. don't for get to copy off the internal and external sd chips and keep that data safe. when you made your backup in clockwork it stored it on the internal chip. titanium by default i be leave uses the external. if any thing goes wrong, as long as you have access to those backups and can boot to clockwork you can get your phone working.
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ok followed the steps here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
then here (which is actually referenced first in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
and then here (which is done after you do the stuff in the above thread)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
i put eagles blood 2.8 on it and it seems to be doing ok.
couple of things, dont know if this is a theme issue, but it no longer says 4G, it has a letter H instead
also i moved the notification bar to the bottom but cant remember where to change that back to the top
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The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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The h is the same as 4g. There are mods to change those icons that can be found on xda. As far as the status bar, I think that setting is located somewhere in the tablet tweaks menu.
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yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?
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yes in the tablet tweaks, thanks
but now i have a bigger problem. i dont seem to have any network access now, 4g, 3g, edge, nothing. i can make calls and send texts, but no data. should i start a new thread?
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Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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Occasionally on cm7 based roms data will drop out and u need to reboot to bring it back...if u haven't already, try a reboot.
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DOH! yup that was it, reboot brought it back. thanks!
so like i posted before it shows an H instead of 4G so i'm assuming that stands for HSPA?
Yeah that's it. How are you liking the rom? Bear in mind that now you have root access you can do all sorts of customizations. You can flash kernels that allow for overclocking or underclocking, use titanium backup (recommended) to preserve all apps and app data, modify boot animations and status bar icons, basically anything you want. Enjoy!
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im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?
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im liking it so far, and yeah i understand about root access, i've done linux admin and use debian at home, so im really liking this, its kind of like running debian now instead of ubuntu or mint, getting rid of all the junk that gets piled on top of the pure OS!
im sure i will try other ROMs as well and maybe other kernels. do those install the same way? using ROM Manager?
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Yea you flash it in recovery.
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now that yore rooted and have clockwork you can flash things safely
just remember to backup, and to wipe the davik cache its in advanced menu.
try weapon r and then add the update new clip to it , its smooth and no bugs so far fro me.
I am looking to do a new ROM on my phone and need to basically do a "format c:" to get rid of all the old app folders ect basically start totally from scratch is there a way to do this?
You mean something like format data, cache, dalvik, system and sdcard?
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You mean something like format data, cache, dalvik, system and sdcard?
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well I need to get rid of all the old application settings, folders, ect from all the apps/roms that I have installed. I have a TON of old folders on there that I don't know whether they are in use or not and to sum it up I guess i want to make the folder structure ect like it was when the phone was new.
Format everything andros11 mentioned. The /Data folder is where app stuff is kept so it will wipe it clean.
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After you do the wipes, you can also use odin or heimdall to flash stock froyo or gb, whatever you prefer.
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After you do the wipes, you can also use odin or heimdall to flash stock froyo or gb, whatever you prefer.
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I did heimdal back to stock gb ukj4. now I have no Baseband ver. and it won't read my sim card. I've looked just about everywhere I can think of and have come up with barely anything, or I'm just completely missing something. Am I missing a Radio? Also I'm getting the Google Talk authentication failed message.
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I did heimdal back to stock gb ukj4. now I have no Baseband ver. and it won't read my sim card. I've looked just about everywhere I can think of and have come up with barely anything, or I'm just completely missing something. Am I missing a Radio? Also I'm getting the Google Talk authentication failed message.
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Not sure why people always ask there (somewhat unrelated) questions in other people threads...makes it harder to find the help you need cause people assume the only question asked is what's in the title...so by scrolling through threads I would never guess someone asked about heimdall problems, id assume it was strictly about erasing data on the phone...two unrelated things -atleast post your question in a thread that is about heindall problems or when heimdall goes bad...etc
Anyways...what heimdall did you use? Try running it again, don't close it when it finishes, check the box for bootloader and the do it once more (again don't close the program after the first heimdall flash...leave ot open)
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I used the heimdal one click by Adam. Before I wiped out everything thing on my phone. Didn't even have recovery.
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I used the heimdal one click by Adam. Before I wiped out everything thing on my phone. Didn't even have recovery.
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How did you wipe out everything if you didn't have recovery? Just curious about that.
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Well. I did have red recovery when I was wiping, then I started messing with flashing new roms and ended up soft bricking my phone. I had the sim card problem before, which led me to wiping and re-partitioning the sd card then using heimdal to get stock back on. I just need to know what I can do to try and figure out what is causing the problem. I was running Aeon with red recovery. I didn't care for it. I had more problems than I wanted.
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I am looking to do a new ROM on my phone and need to basically do a "format c:" to get rid of all the old app folders ect basically start totally from scratch is there a way to do this?
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Go to storage and format the internal and ext sd if you want as well then or you can do it in recovery by wiping phone.
I had some issues when trying to odin to stock to update to ics yesterday. Not sure everything was wiped. My wallpaper was still the same after wiping cache and doing a factory reset.my phone did update to ics tho. How can I reset to factory with the new ics update? I don't want to lose that. I want to make sure I get everything wiped correctly before I root ics.
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Same happened to me, I wiped everything but once a loaded up apex launcher my wallpaper was already there. No problems tho
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What's the process to odin back to stock now that I have ics. Just in case something goes wrong again. Would I need to reupdate thru kies again? I couldn't find the process for it in the forums yet
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What's the process to odin back to stock now that I have ics. Just in case something goes wrong again. Would I need to reupdate thru kies again? I couldn't find the process for it in the forums yet
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this will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917570
update twice through Kies and you're good to go
or just odin the ICS tar or CWM the zip. they're around on the dev forum
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this will work.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917570
update twice through Kies and you're good to go
or just odin the ICS tar or CWM the zip. they're around on the dev forum
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Kies took over an hour to update.but I could just flash it or use that ics tar in odin if I can find it here somewhere? Does anyone know where it is?
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Kies took over an hour to update.but I could just flash it or use that ics tar in odin if I can find it here somewhere? Does anyone know where it is?
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CWM Flash here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1918608
ICS tar here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32350776&postcount=27
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I had some issues when trying to odin to stock to update to ics yesterday. Not sure everything was wiped. My wallpaper was still the same after wiping cache and doing a factory reset.my phone did update to ics tho. How can I reset to factory with the new ics update? I don't want to lose that. I want to make sure I get everything wiped correctly before I root ics.
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I think Google backup your wallpaper too, I changed my phone and when I signed in with my google account the wallpaper I was using in my last phone appeared...weird
I just connected it to my computer to root, and everything is still on the internal sd. Binary shows custom also. Is there anything I should do? Im also noticing bad battery life.
Could someone update the odin to stock forum with the new file and procedure? Might help to have that in one place do ppl arnt hunting for it.
I was on CM10 and i felt like checking out the OTA jelly bean update. I figured the easiest way was through a custom rom. The one i picked was Stock Rally or something like that. Anyway, i flashed it and when it installed the boot.img it wiped my entire internal storage. I knew flashing a boot.img wipes the storage but i didnt know this ROM would flash one. I managed to put everything back the way i had it when my messaging app started to force close. I reinstalled the zip thinking it would restore the default messaging app. When it got to the boot.img part it took unusually long again. Wouldnt you know, it wiped my internal storage again. How does this happen if it was the same boot.img?? Im extremely frustrated because now i have to take another 2 hours to get my phone back to the way it was. Can someone please explain how this could happen and if theres an easier way to go to the official OTA without wiping my internal storage again?
How are you flashing it?
Edit: I just checked it the ROM. I can now explain your problem. You downloaded the THE WIPE VERSION. It clearly says that version will wipe your internal hard drive. To fix it DOWNLOAD THE NO WIPE VERSION.
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Yup. Learn to read more carefully
Thanks dude, I should've noticed that. Not sure why anyone would make a ROM that wipes your storage though lol
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Thanks dude, I should've noticed that. Not sure why anyone would make a ROM that wipes your storage though lol
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Not a problem. Well some people like a clean start. I do if having problems.
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