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[Q] CWM not working right on new MT

I'm having all kinds of trouble with my MT. I originally flashed CM7 from stock with CWM after wiping factory and cache. The flash errored out the first time, but worked the second time. The gapps install errored out so I just tried rebooting without stock google apps. The phone just booted to the Motorola logo and didn't go any farther. I let it sit for over 20 minutes and no go.
I had made a backup so I went back to CWM to restore the phone. Again, I did a factory and cache wipe, ran the restore, rebooted, but now the phone boots to Motorola logo, then reboots into CWM. So weird!
I have a theory that it has something to do with a hardware problem. When I try to flash another rom (besides cm7) the screen goes blank (no text) and then goes back to the root menu. I tried booting to CWM then plugging it in and removing the battery but after an varied amount of time the phone shuts off.
I've searched and searched and I can't find where anyone's had a problem like this and NOT been able to get the phone back. I'd like a solution, but I'd also like to know if i'm the only one who's had this problem!
thanks!

Never mind
I got it working! I tried a different battery in it and it worked! I'm not sure if it was the battery or I just did the right combination of things, but I'm glad to be back! But for anyone who is having the same issue here's what I did:
Running CWM 5.0.2.6
1. Wipe factory/cache/davlik
2. format sd card
3. shut down
4. use pc to copy stock nandroid backup from androidforums (google "stock triumph restore")
5. boot back to CWM,
6. restore the backup and reboot, should work
**IF you have md5 checksum error, use adb via usb to run these commands and immediately try to restore again:
adb shell
# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2010-06-29.20.22.53
# rm nandroid.md5
# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5
# exit
**Make sure to unmount the sd card before restore.
Again, I really don't know if it was battery or not, but I tried this before changing batteries and it didnt work!

But wait, there's more!
Ok, now that I'm able to get back to stock, I'm still unable to flash any custom roms. I wipe/factory reset, format /system, then install update from sd card. When I confirm the update, the screen goes blank (no text), then goes back to the main menu! It does this with any rom!
Any help?

dont think triumph is supported phone according to cwm ?

garrmack said:
Ok, now that I'm able to get back to stock, I'm still unable to flash any custom roms. I wipe/factory reset, format /system, then install update from sd card. When I confirm the update, the screen goes blank (no text), then goes back to the main menu! It does this with any rom!
Any help?
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You want to choose zip from sd card. Not install update
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I knew I'd word something wrong
I meant to say that. I did install zip from sd.

garrmack said:
I meant to say that. I did install zip from sd.
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Are you running the latest cwm?
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Yep, 5.0.2.6. I just tried CM7 .04 beta because I have a friend who flashed it successfully on his MT. When I ran it it said it was installing for maybe 4 seconds and then said complete. When I rebooted all I got was the Motorola logo.
I just got this phone. Is it possible that Motorola changed something with the hardware to make it not work?

I've managed to get CWM running a little more stable by replacing the boot.img file with the one from CM7, but all I get when I run the zip is this:
-- Installing /sdcard/CM7.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Install from sdcard complete.
that all takes about 6 seconds and I get just the motorola logo when I reboot.
It still goes blank (no text) when I try to flash any other rom (like stockROM) so something is definitely screwy.

I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I have a friend with a Triumph who successfully flashed cm7. I looked at his phone and found that the model number on his is WX345 while mine is WX435. Maybe my version really does have issues with clockwork?

vizionforever said:
dont think triumph is supported phone according to cwm ?
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I did notice that the Triumph isn't listed on Clockwork's site. It is, however, listed on xda. Maybe its not officially supported?

figured it out! It had something to do with the sd card. I was using a 16gb class 10 PNY card. I put the stock 2gb back in it and it worked like a charm. Don't know if it was a defective card or the phone/clockwork just didn't like it.

Bay PONY...Noticed that my pny class 10 16gb was slower(or just took longer to mount and search for media, cause it's bigger) than the 16gb samsung class 2 that came with my epic...Dunno; but glad to hear CWM works! now you can switch back cards
PS. what root method u use command line or gingerbreak?

vizionforever said:
PS. what root method u use command line or gingerbreak?
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I've tried both. I like the gingerbreak b/c it adds superuser app for you. Both worked fine though...
But since I installed CM7 I didn't need to root it first.

[Q] Evita CM10 Cannot Read Sim/Corrupt SD Card

This is my first post, so If i did so in an incorrect way i apologize. I have been looking for hours and cannot find a specific fix for my issue. I am at a loss and pretty desperate for help. I have BROKE my phone and cannot seem to do anything to fix it.
First my phone had been running successfuly for a cpl months on a CM10 nightly rom came up and it came up and said No sim card. I read the forums and thought that by installing a different rom i could fix it. When i went to install AOKP JB build 4 through TWRP recovery. I mounted my drive through USB and windows said it had to be formatted (ie it was corrupted). I did so and loaded the zip file over
I went to install the zip and did the normal process and flashed the boot.img but upon reboot got suck on the unicorn initiating swagger screen. Looked at the forums and found that this was due to needing to factory reset. The problem is that I tried to factory reset and TWRP says I have no factory reset and am not able to do so
I am currently stuck. I had to reformat my sd again and I have no rom installed. I have a slab of hardware with nothing working. I am beyond my capabilities and have no clue how to fix this. Please help.

don't factory reset in bootloader it will corrupt your sdcard. try formatting it in windows. or try this method [How to] Fix corrupt/unmountable internal storage on the HTC One X/XL

I had a similar problem trying to update the Jellybam rom with the wrong boot.img.
I had no access to the sd and the sim card. I solved my problems by flashing a new recovery then fixing the partition and installing a sense based rom and my sim card started working again.
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have you tried RUU'ing at all yet?

SD card won't stay mounted

Ok so here's what's going on. I've been running an old ParanoidAndroid for a while and wanted to upgrade to a new version. I've been using TWRP as my recovery for a long time, and although I hadn't checked recently, I remember not being able to access my internal storage in recovery. So I downloaded the EZ Recovery app, flashed the TWRP from that, and went out to upgrade to the new PA.
In recovery, I was able to make a backup, factory reset, wipe system, and wipe dalvik. Then I went into the install menu, and I couldn't access anything on my external SD. Since I previously could ONLY use my external in recovery, all my ROMs and such were on that. SO I was stuck without a ROM, and without access to one to install. It was a *****, and took a lot of tries, but I was able to get my SD mounted enough to half-way restore the backup I made (as in, it restored the system and very little data, but was able to boot). So I figured it was some issue caused by the new TWRP, so I have un-rooted, and gone completely back to stock. Unfortunately, the problem still exists.
What could the issue be? Could it be something caused by flashing the new TWRP? If so, what could fix that? Or is it probably just a hardware issue that can't be fixed? I'm leaning towards that, and since I'm back to stock, I can just get a replacement from Verizon.
Thanks for any help!

It's likely not an issue with TWRP at all, but just an issue with external SD cards inherent to the S3 and some other Samsung devices. I had a similar problem, and within minutes of my micro SD card constantly unmounting itself, the card is now simply unusable. I haven't managed to find a solution, so yes, it's likely just a hardware issue that can't be fixed.

I've went through two sd cars with this phone. Most quality sd cards have a warranty, call and get that started. I called SanDisk last Monday and my replacement just came today. It sucks but they are fast. Good luck, losing an sd cars sucks.
This time around, my sd will only be for music and pics. I'll be taking it out whenever I flash something.
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[HELP?] Soft-Brick?

So i decied to go to carbon rom because my phone has been acting strange, YouTube would keep resigning in everything i would launch it, Random crashed and freezes and has just been acting up for no good reason. I was running CM 10.1 nightly and dont apply ant mods to it or anything like that becuase i like it simple.
When i flashed the rom i did it with gapps but they were not intalled when i boot, all i got was my SIM pin popup like i usualy get. So i re-flashed gapps and still no luck. So i said f*** it and found another build of it and copyed it to my SD Card and was going to flash it. Like i allways do i went to factory reset and all i got was a long log of cant remove lost+found and same happed when i tryed to wipe the system. and that didnt look good so i pulled the battery and booted recovery with the key press and it would get to teamwin screen but would reboot. Opened oden on my desktop, reflashed teamwin tar and that didnt help it. So i was lucky that i loaded the rom and i rebooted to recovery and am copying all my /data/media to a sdcard that i have
So can anyone give me some links to the 16GB PIT and all that jazz so i can get thing back up and running
And no i am not a n00b becasue i have been working with android and other phones long enough to know what i am doing

powercamg4 said:
So i decied to go to carbon rom because my phone has been acting strange, YouTube would keep resigning in everything i would launch it, Random crashed and freezes and has just been acting up for no good reason. I was running CM 10.1 nightly and dont apply ant mods to it or anything like that becuase i like it simple.
When i flashed the rom i did it with gapps but they were not intalled when i boot, all i got was my SIM pin popup like i usualy get. So i re-flashed gapps and still no luck. So i said f*** it and found another build of it and copyed it to my SD Card and was going to flash it. Like i allways do i went to factory reset and all i got was a long log of cant remove lost+found and same happed when i tryed to wipe the system. and that didnt look good so i pulled the battery and booted recovery with the key press and it would get to teamwin screen but would reboot. Opened oden on my desktop, reflashed teamwin tar and that didnt help it. So i was lucky that i loaded the rom and i rebooted to recovery and am copying all my /data/media to a sdcard that i have
So can anyone give me some links to the 16GB PIT and all that jazz so i can get thing back up and running
And no i am not a n00b becasue i have been working with android and other phones long enough to know what i am doing
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I think this is what you are looking for. Follow the guide and you will be on stock, rooted, and unlocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439

mapatton82 said:
I think this is what you are looking for. Follow the guide and you will be on stock, rooted, and unlocked.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439
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Iv been able to load a rom but now i cant write to the phone, i have now found a guide talking about unbricking it useing odin anf a nand erase all and thats not working eather, any story i can tell verizon so i can get a replacement today?

Update!
Iv been useing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030 to try to get my phone back and so far it has failed but i decied to switch computers, all my computers are now running windows 8 and i ws doing this on my development computer / server and then i switched to the last computer to have windows 7 next to my main computer and what do you know it worked, the nand erase worked and now its booting im sure i will have to re-unlock the bootloader and all but im happy now

Galaxy S3 - need help with custom rom - can't boot

Hi all
I hope that I am posting in the correct place
I need help with my Galaxy S3 SGH-T999
Recently the phone died on me, it was stock rom and with the updates through some of the apps, the phone stopped working correctly. I don't use the phone for making calls, etc, but need it for pictures and a few other apps. The phone is from T-mobile.
I tried to reset the phone and that worked until all the updates were back on and then back to the same problem.
So I decided to put on a custom rom on the phone.
I have tried the following roms:
cm-14.1-20161225-NIGHTLY-d2tmo
I9300XXUGNB6_I9300OJVGNB3_I9300XXUGNA8_HOME
RevolutionaryS5-V3
Slim-d2tmo-6.0.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20160516-1346
I first installed CWM recovery and then transferred the roms over to the external sd car (also the internal card), went to boot manager (vol up) and installed the files.
It looked like the installation worked but when selecting reboot, the phone would not come back on.
I then loaded up Kies and reset the phone back to factory defaults and only then does the phone load back up after reboot.
Every time I try the custom rom - I run into the same problem
At first I thought the phone was bricked and found info about the jtag and then found something about using an SD card with the following image installed on it - tmobile-T999_4.3_debrick
With the SD card in the phone I can boot to either menus and also able to get the phone to boot to the slim-d2tmo rom. But when I pull the SD card, the phone won't boot. Nothing, no power, nada
I am not sure what I did wrong, followed the direction on the site and thought I did it correctly.
Not sure if I deleted some file, or partition needed or what. I would greatly appreciate some help with this.
Also I would like a custom rom that is stable and fast. I don't need all the bells and whistles but one thing I would like and that is for the camera to be able to take pictures using voice. I know the stock rom allows for this. Not essential but preferred.
Please help with detailed instructions.
Thanks in advance.
After writing this I just loaded up T999UVUEMJC_T999TMBEMJC_T999UVUEMJC_HOME.tar and managed to get the phone back up and running. Then tried the cm-14.1-20161225-NIGHTLY-d2tmo - which I kinda like but it will not boot up without the SD card in. I can manage to get the phone booted with the SD card and get into the new custom rom, but I have to keep pulling the battery, insert the SD card and then try to boot. Don't think it should work like this
Please help.

kouger1 said:
Hi all
I hope that I am posting in the correct place
I need help with my Galaxy S3 SGH-T999
Recently the phone died on me, it was stock rom and with the updates through some of the apps, the phone stopped working correctly. I don't use the phone for making calls, etc, but need it for pictures and a few other apps. The phone is from T-mobile.
I tried to reset the phone and that worked until all the updates were back on and then back to the same problem.
So I decided to put on a custom rom on the phone.
I have tried the following roms:
cm-14.1-20161225-NIGHTLY-d2tmo
I9300XXUGNB6_I9300OJVGNB3_I9300XXUGNA8_HOME
RevolutionaryS5-V3
Slim-d2tmo-6.0.1.alpha.0.1-UNOFFICIAL-20160516-1346
I first installed CWM recovery and then transferred the roms over to the external sd car (also the internal card), went to boot manager (vol up) and installed the files.
It looked like the installation worked but when selecting reboot, the phone would not come back on.
I then loaded up Kies and reset the phone back to factory defaults and only then does the phone load back up after reboot.
Every time I try the custom rom - I run into the same problem
At first I thought the phone was bricked and found info about the jtag and then found something about using an SD card with the following image installed on it - tmobile-T999_4.3_debrick
With the SD card in the phone I can boot to either menus and also able to get the phone to boot to the slim-d2tmo rom. But when I pull the SD card, the phone won't boot. Nothing, no power, nada
I am not sure what I did wrong, followed the direction on the site and thought I did it correctly.
Not sure if I deleted some file, or partition needed or what. I would greatly appreciate some help with this.
Also I would like a custom rom that is stable and fast. I don't need all the bells and whistles but one thing I would like and that is for the camera to be able to take pictures using voice. I know the stock rom allows for this. Not essential but preferred.
Please help with detailed instructions.
Thanks in advance.
After writing this I just loaded up T999UVUEMJC_T999TMBEMJC_T999UVUEMJC_HOME.tar and managed to get the phone back up and running. Then tried the cm-14.1-20161225-NIGHTLY-d2tmo - which I kinda like but it will not boot up without the SD card in. I can manage to get the phone booted with the SD card and get into the new custom rom, but I have to keep pulling the battery, insert the SD card and then try to boot. Don't think it should work like this
Please help.
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You did the right thing with the SD card, the issue with it not booting with SD card removed is not an issue, that's the way its supposed to work. After restoring boot with the SD card you've got to do a few other steps to correct the device so that it boots without SD card and then you've got to return the SD card to normal function to use it as storage again.
There's a thread in the Verizon Galaxy S3 I535 forum for unbricking with the SD card and the further instructions to restore full functional boot without SD card.
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I appreciate the help. This should work on my phone even thought it is a T-Mobile and it is a SGH-T999 ?
Any chance you know of the link to fix the booting issue?
I really need to get this sorted out. I am about to trash the phone and get some cheap $80 best buy special just to use the apps I need.

kouger1 said:
I appreciate the help. This should work on my phone even thought it is a T-Mobile and it is a SGH-T999 ?
Any chance you know of the link to fix the booting issue?
I really need to get this sorted out. I am about to trash the phone and get some cheap $80 best buy special just to use the apps I need.
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The method is the same, you just use your debrick.img for your device instead of the Verizon debrick.img.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166
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So I feel like such a dufus.
I think I know what I did wrong. After going back and forth reading everything, which all looked like what I had originally, I realized that everyone was talking about loading the zip files from the sd card. Thought I did this, but what I was doing was loading them from the external SD card.
So after having put the stock rom back on the phone (and basically gave up) I decided this morning to try one last time.
I downloaded:
OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170127-2232-d2tmo
open_gapps-arm-7.1-micro
Connected the S3 to my PC and copied both files to the phone. Did not have the external SD card plugged in.
Then went to boot menu (vol up) and cleared the cache, davik and data. Installed from zip (local phone this time) and within 10 minutes (or less) the phone was up and running without any issues.
BAM - awesome.
Seemed too good to be true but worked like a charm.
I wonder if that was the problem with any of the other roms I tried?
Anyway, thanks to all for your help.

kouger1 said:
So I feel like such a dufus.
I think I know what I did wrong. After going back and forth reading everything, which all looked like what I had originally, I realized that everyone was talking about loading the zip files from the sd card. Thought I did this, but what I was doing was loading them from the external SD card.
So after having put the stock rom back on the phone (and basically gave up) I decided this morning to try one last time.
I downloaded:
OCT-N-WEEKLY-20170127-2232-d2tmo
open_gapps-arm-7.1-micro
Connected the S3 to my PC and copied both files to the phone. Did not have the external SD card plugged in.
Then went to boot menu (vol up) and cleared the cache, davik and data. Installed from zip (local phone this time) and within 10 minutes (or less) the phone was up and running without any issues.
BAM - awesome.
Seemed too good to be true but worked like a charm.
I wonder if that was the problem with any of the other roms I tried?
Anyway, thanks to all for your help.
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I don't know what you were having issues with but I've always flashed my ROMs from extsdcard. Unless I'm missing your meaning.
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Then maybe it were the roms I was using. All the roms I tried would not boot my phone after installation. I had to add the following file to my external SD card -tmobile-t999_debrick
This was the only way I could get the phone to boot back up after I installed the roms.
Or maybe I was using the wrong roms - I have no idea.
I guess my thought process was not correct and that you don't have to put the roms on the internals storage and can use the external sd card to install the roms?

kouger1 said:
Then maybe it were the roms I was using. All the roms I tried would not boot my phone after installation. I had to add the following file to my external SD card -tmobile-t999_debrick
This was the only way I could get the phone to boot back up after I installed the roms.
Or maybe I was using the wrong roms - I have no idea.
I guess my thought process was not correct and that you don't have to put the roms on the internals storage and can use the external sd card to install the roms?
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Typically, you install custom recovery then root then place new ROM on extsdcard then flash the ROM in recovery from extsdcard. Its actually recommended to keep your ROM zips on external if you have it instead of internal because if internal gets wiped or corrupted then you've lost your ROM zip. It's also recommended to create and store your nandroid backups on extsdcard.
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