So I've attempted to update my software to the Ace JellyBean software I've reset everything, tried to load it again it still loads up on 2.3.7 I am officially stuck. I have the HTC Inspire 4G. I've checked the SD card throughout trying to find that update.zip folder and I cannot find it either. I had the nightly build from 10-14-12 on there originally and I had inserted my SD card from my previous Inspire and had forgotten about it and had a bug so I reflashed the software and lost it. If anyone can help that would be amazing!!!
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Vlad_Pagan said:
So I've attempted to update my software to the Ace JellyBean software I've reset everything, tried to load it again it still loads up on 2.3.7 I am officially stuck. I have the HTC Inspire 4G. I've checked the SD card throughout trying to find that update.zip folder and I cannot find it either. I had the nightly build from 10-14-12 on there originally and I had inserted my SD card from my previous Inspire and had forgotten about it and had a bug so I reflashed the software and lost it. If anyone can help that would be amazing!!!
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How did you flash the ROM? Your sdcard should not be affected by a flash. Anyway, you should be able to just redownload and reflash from recovery. Make sure you full wipe (system, data, cache.) Also just to be safe, I recommend using 4ext recovery over CWM. You can install it from an updater app from the 4ext website.
Going from one rom to another is not an update. You are changing roms so you must full wipe and flash. Also do not change rom name to update which seems to be many noobies biggest mistake. When you are going from one rom to another again it is not an update and you will not find an update folder on sd. Also roms are not to be placed in any folder but the root of your sd. The only time you don't full wipe is when you are flashing and updated rom of the one that's on the phone already and even then the Dev usually recommends full wipe in case of issues.
Also cmw recovery eats dog s**t as well as rom manager.
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Reinaldo33897 said:
Going from one rom to another is not an update. You are changing roms so you must full wipe and flash. Also do not change rom name to update which seems to be many noobies biggest mistake. When you are going from one rom to another again it is not an update and you will not find an update folder on sd. Also roms are not to be placed in any folder but the root of your sd. The only time you don't full wipe is when you are flashing and updated rom of the one that's on the phone already and even then the Dev usually recommends full wipe in case of issues.
Also cmw recovery eats dog s**t as well as rom manager.
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Er, ROMs don't need to be in the root of the sdcard.
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I am currently S-Offed and running a custom rom, but have seen in a few of the forums people talking about "Superwipe". I've searched around and it seems that the Superwipe is written for the HTC Dream. Is it safe to use the V2 script in this thread "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834812" on the Sensation, and what does it do that doing a wipe from CWM Recovery doesn't? Is it worth doing?
Thanks.
i would not risk it myself as i dont know as im fairly new to android coming from winmo
But i have done my sensation and used the superwipe provided in the android revolution hd rom thread here. (half way down, just under the download link for the rom)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
the file is named as if its specifically for the sensation and worked perfectly for me.
I used the Full_wipe.zip from CoreDroid rom which worked perfectly.
You can try this if superwipe does not work for you.
same as woody, i did as he said and had no issues
Can we just wipe all the data using cwm, I want to root and apply a Rom, I'm not new to this as I have rooted and installed Roms on my vibrant. I never used no superwipe on my vibrant. After reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261458 I don't even want to risk using superwipe
me to, althought i use super-wipe but i also want to know how to use CWM to wipe too
You can do it in CWM but is just so much easier to run the superwipe script. I have been using Mike's ARHD Superwipe script practically from the day we got the Sensation unlocked and have never had a single issue. And don't read too much into the thread you linked b/c running the superwipe script will not do anything to brick your phone. If you don't want to superwipe then you can factory reset, clear cache, format cache, format system, format data, and wipe dalvic cache which should do the same as the script. Welcome on board and happy flashing
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Can we just wipe all the data using cwm, I want to root and apply a Rom, I'm not new to this as I have rooted and installed Roms on my vibrant. I never used no superwipe on my vibrant. After reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1261458 I don't even want to risk using superwipe
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i would not risk it myself as i dont know as im fairly new to android coming from winmo
But i have done my sensation and used the superwipe provided in the android revolution hd rom thread here. (half way down, just under the download link for the rom)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1098849
the file is named as if its specifically for the sensation and worked perfectly for me.
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The DL link for SuperWipe seems to be dead in that thread. Does anyone have an alternative link for where to download it from?
It's my first time flashing a ROM so I'm trying to follow instructions exactly to have minimal possible issues.
I use this if moving to a different ROM:
http://www.multiupload.com/CYTE1KKXHS
(new link to the one that was on mike1986's thread)
That's great, thanks Eddy!!
I've used the super wipe and full wipe zips before and just now have heard something of mounting the system partition prior to flashing the super wipe. Is it necessary and a second question is why the super wipe states that the partitions are unmounted already? Does it unmount them prior to formating or what? Thx in advance.
What does super wipe do? Will it wipe all sdcard(like format)?
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What does super wipe do? Will it wipe all sdcard(like format)?
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No, it just removes some system files from the SD card, but doesn't format it.
The following directories will get removed recursively from the SD card:
.android_secure
.bookmark_thumb1
.data/footprints
.data/mail
Android/data/com.android.providers.media
sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.genie.geniewidget.news-content-cache
sdcard/Android/data/com.google.android.apps.maps
sdcard/.data/navigator/Data/Temporary
sdcard/LazyList
sdcard/LOST.DIR
However your system, data and boot partition will get formatted, as well as a cache partition on your SD card.
Ste05 said:
The DL link for SuperWipe seems to be dead in that thread. Does anyone have an alternative link for where to download it from?
It's my first time flashing a ROM so I'm trying to follow instructions exactly to have minimal possible issues.
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Super Wipe script link from this thread.
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Super Wipe script link from this thread.
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This link is dead for me too.
Here you go.
Hi there all,
I'm going to be flashing the latest 6.x ARHD ICS ROM onto my sensation.
I'm following the threads on firmware etc... Just wanted to know abit more about Superwipe.
I'm running EXT4 as my recovery atm, will Superwipe replace that?
What exactly does a superwipe do? Also will my recovery still be intact and will Superwiping delete anything that has been saved to apps etc... Saved games, details etc...
The-Last-Hylian said:
Hi there all,
I'm going to be flashing the latest 6.x ARHD ICS ROM onto my sensation.
I'm following the threads on firmware etc... Just wanted to know abit more about Superwipe.
I'm running EXT4 as my recovery atm, will Superwipe replace that?
What exactly does a superwipe do? Also will my recovery still be intact and will Superwiping delete anything that has been saved to apps etc... Saved games, details etc...
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Superwipe formats the system and data partitions on the phone, ready for you to flash a new ROM. It doesn't touch your SD card. It won't touch your recovery tool.
wmoore said:
Superwipe formats the system and data partitions on the phone, ready for you to flash a new ROM. It doesn't touch your SD card. It won't touch your recovery tool.
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Ok great to know, So once I've used Superwipe and flashed the ROM onto my phone etc I can del the file from my root sd card?
The-Last-Hylian said:
Ok great to know, So once I've used Superwipe and flashed the ROM onto my phone etc I can del the file from my root sd card?
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I spend so much time flashing new ROMs I just leave it on there
In first place, i have a InsertCoin ROM, concretely "Insert Coin Sense 2.3.5 Sense 3.5 v3.4.6".
Now, when i want to install the new ICS vesion of InsertCoin, i read on thread that i need to update the firm, with this (mediafire.com/?utpdjggalstxz)
I just installed it, and now, my HTC restart again and again. I have tried to go into the bootloader by pressing VOLUP+POWER but it isnt work.
Please, i need help.
edit: i have downloaded the firm from the htc, and i have moved it with "ES explorer"... (the zip could be corrupt, but now what can i do?)
[Please forgive me if I have any gramatical error, im spanish. THK]
try taking battery out and put it back in.
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try taking battery out and put it back in.
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Yes, i tried that, but nothing...
How did you try to flash that PG58IMG? It has to be a Zip file and has to be flashed via Hboot. Just put it on your sd card, turn your phone off and start it again by pressing vol. down and power. Confirm, reboot to recovery, flash rom, be happy.
[I would do a fullwipe and format sd card before flashing ICS, that does magic to me. After formating sd card, toggle to usb storage and put your rom on sd card]
Your phone is probably bootlooping because the new 3.24 firmware is not compatible with the rom you have on your phone.
You need to get the new IC 4.4.3 rom onto your phone, boot into recovery and install it. Then you'll be fine.
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How did you try to flash that PG58IMG? It has to be a Zip file and has to be flashed via Hboot. Just put it on your sd card, turn your phone off and start it again by pressing vol. down and power. Confirm, reboot to recovery, flash rom, be happy.
[I would do a fullwipe and format sd card before flashing ICS, that does magic to me. After formating sd card, toggle to usb storage and put your rom on sd card]
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Yes, that is that i have done. The only thing that i didnt know is that the firm installation delete my rom. Now i need to install a new rom.
But i would like to know something before, could i to reinstall my old rom without doing any wipe? I would like to do some backups of some apps data before wipe all. Is this possible?
TheDave86 said:
Yes, that is that i have done. The only thing that i didnt know is that the firm installation delete my rom. Now i need to install a new rom.
But i would like to know something before, could i to reinstall my old rom without doing any wipe? I would like to do some backups of some apps data before wipe all. Is this possible?
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You have to flash the old Hboot, 1.17 or 3.12 i think. But the new ICS works only with 3.24
But you shoudn't restore anything, brings only new problems... make a full wipe and format everything before flashing, even sd card
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You have to flash the old Hboot, 1.17 or 3.12 i think. But the new ICS works only with 3.24
But you shoudn't restore anything, brings only new problems... make a full wipe and format everything before flashing, even sd card
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Ummm, thanks for all. Where i could find the 3.12 firm? Only for try...
TheDave86 said:
Ummm, thanks for all. Where i could find the 3.12 firm? Only for try...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
It's called "Noob friendly"
Rootz23 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
It's called "Noob friendly"
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Thanks for all!
Since I'm too new to post in the Development section and didn't want to start a new thread, I'll ask here..
I'm running ICS 4.4.2. The latest version 4.4.3 just got released. Do I need to do a full wipe to upgrade?
and also, If I was to upgrade to 4.4.3, should I select "upgrade from zip" or "install from zip"?
1) Full wipe is not necessary. I would clear the cache, though.
2) Install from zip
All AOSP or CM ROMs are bootlooping. It gets to a certain stage in the boot animation, and then freezes for about 20-25 secs, then reboots and does the whole process again.
This only happens on AOSP or CM based ROMs. Doesn't happen on Sense based ROMs.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to solve this? I'm going to pull a logcat as soon as I can.
Thanks,
Phil
Probably wrong firmware.
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stonew5082 said:
Probably wrong firmware.
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So what firmware would I need for AOSP/CM based ROMs?
Steps to install rom properly after rooting and installing clockworkmod recovery.
For Gingerbread roms, 1.17 or 3.12, if you haven't touched the firmware, yours is 1.17.
For ICS roms, flash either 3.12 or 3.24. 3.12 is backwards compatible with GB roms, but 3.24 offers better performance.
Once you have the right firmware, put the rom onto your SD card and reboot into the recovery. There's an option to wipe data and factory reset, usually called "Wipe data/factory reset". Run that once, then install the rom from the zip that you copied earlier and that's about it. If you install anything cyanogen, make sure you flash Google Apps to get the market.
Roms should only take about 2 to 3 minutes to boot for the first time.
Possible issue you're having: Wrong firmware for the rom or you didn't wipe data before installing.
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Steps to install rom properly after rooting and installing clockworkmod recovery.
For Gingerbread roms, 1.17 or 3.12, if you haven't touched the firmware, yours is 1.17.
For ICS roms, flash either 3.12 or 3.24. 3.12 is backwards compatible with GB roms, but 3.24 offers better performance.
Once you have the right firmware, put the rom onto your SD card and reboot into the recovery. There's an option to wipe data and factory reset, usually called "Wipe data/factory reset". Run that once, then install the rom from the zip that you copied earlier and that's about it. If you install anything cyanogen, make sure you flash Google Apps to get the market.
Roms should only take about 2 to 3 minutes to boot for the first time.
Possible issue you're having: Wrong firmware for the rom or you didn't wipe data before installing.
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I do a superwipe and data wipe before installing, so it can't be that.
I'll try your solution now, thanks a lot!
I'm more of an app dev than firmware/ROM/kernels
redbullcat said:
I do a superwipe and data wipe before installing, so it can't be that.
I'll try your solution now, thanks a lot!
I'm more of an app dev than firmware/ROM/kernels
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MAKE SURE MAKE SURE MAKE SURE your MD5s match. Flashing a firmware can brick your phone extremely easily so make sure your md5s match and that you have sufficient battery life left.
Also you will not be able to go back into bootloader without it asking if you want to flash the firmware if its still on your sd. If it asks you can say no but it will just reboot you into your system so if you have no system to boot into youll be stuck and will have to pull your sd card out and then reinsert it when in recovery.
It worked! Thanks guys, I owe you one
Hi everyone, Im relatively new to the whole flashing and custom rom scene. I rooted my wind mobile (Canadian carrier) LG-P999 and ran CMR before trying to flash EGB. I used the instructions on the forum post to install EGB. In the installation process however, It looked like Gapps were already installed, I installed the Gapps I was told to download here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1575199 again anyways. My phone will now not start, all that happens when I press the power button is the LG logo flashes, and then the Eaglesblood logo flashes then the phone shuts down. I have the CWM recovery file saved on my computer. Can someone help me unbrick my phone? thanks in advance, and please excuse my horrible grammar, I'm quite terrified right now.
EDIT: I messed around with my phone, and I am able to get into the Android System Recovery. Should I wipe data/factory reset? Will that solve my issues?
First get the rom you want to install on a sd card boot into recovery and wipe and install. If you factory reset it still will try and load eaglesblood. If using a cm 7 rom like eb or hellfire flash gapps right after the rom. Hope this helps
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How I do it with no problems
monte666 said:
First get the rom you want to install on a sd card boot into recovery and wipe and install. If you factory reset it still will try and load eaglesblood. If using a cm 7 rom like eb or hellfire flash gapps right after the rom. Hope this helps
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Anytime you flash rom, I recommend these steps. (Some may argue that it's over kill)
Get a Copy of Titanium Backup Pro.apk
Batch back-up all your user apps if you so wish. (These first two are optional, but I highly recommend)
Copy ROM, Kernel, and Gapps to MicroSD card. (EXTERNAL)
Boot into CWM.
Do a Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
select advanced-->wipe dalvik cache
mounts and storage-->format /system
Install zip from sdcard (not the apply update option!)
select your ROM, flash
select you kernel, flash,
<optional, if your on March BB and depending on ROM, you may need to flash new baseband.zip, forum search for it)
select gapps, flash
Reboot!
Sometimes upon booting you made need to wait 5-10min for phone to come up and be speedy. Be patient.
Hope some of this helps since your able to boot into CWM, which means your not bricked, yet. I;ve been there in a loop, called it soft bricked. Performed all of the above steps, never had the problem occur since. I jump between two GB 2.3.7 ROMS and two ICS ROMs with ease.
Not really sure how bad it is but here's what I did
Last night I got an update notice for cm-10.2-20131102-SNAPSHOT-M1-i9300.zip I decided to install it.
Install went great. I went to sleep
Woke up I realized it was really unstable my phone would restart, applications would crash decided to go back to my old rom.
I went to software update and I ran 10.1.3 and my phone was stuck at the loading screen.
I then decided to take out the battery and use a backup to restore to Samsung's Touchwiz I did that.
I then used MOBILE ODIN to flash 9.1.0 worked fine so I decided to try and flash 10.1.3 back on it with MOBILE ODIN but the version of mobile odin was really old and it didn't work and now my phone is just a black screen unless I go into CWM.
So now I'm stuck in ClockworkMod and it says I have no backups to restore to...
I found the backups
/sdcard/0/clockworkmod/backup/
but when I press restore it says no files found.
You can download a rom on your computer put it on your sdcard then flash it in recovery. Just make sure the rom is for your model of phone. If you have a verizon phone you do not want to flash the i9300 file again you are lucky your phone even turns on.
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jhoutz said:
You can download a rom on your computer put it on your sdcard then flash it in recovery. Just make sure the rom is for your model of phone. If you have a verizon phone you do not want to flash the i9300 file again you are lucky your phone even turns on.
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I have an i9300 phone international version... oh god I just realized I'm in the verizon section. How do I flash with CWM? Because I already have a 9.1.0 cyanogenmod rom in my phone.
iaxx23 said:
I have an i9300 phone international version... oh god I just realized I'm in the verizon section. How do I flash with CWM? Because I already have a 9.1.0 cyanogenmod rom in my phone.
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First do a full wipe. Meaning format data, system, cache, and dalvik cache. The go to install, find your zip and go. Also with cm you prolly need to install the gapps too.
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jhoutz said:
First do a full wipe. Meaning format data, system, cache, and dalvik cache. The go to install, find your zip and go. Also with cm you prolly need to install the gapps too.
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Thank you so much. I was pretty scared... I heard the word brick like 3-4 times today I was about to lose my ****.
Thanks a lot!
i just did this myself and although i don't remember setting a password at all on TWRP, it's asking me one and i have no idea what it is. This is not allowing me to access data folder, sd card and such.
Can someone help me please?
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well, if i didn't type anything at all and cancel the password request, it seem to get by fine.
i was able to delete data and mount sd card.
my initial problem was that i kept trying passwords and getting errors, and then canceling the request.
Problem Solved.
You will just download a custom rom and install it with full wipe or use odin if you want to go back to original stock rom. It's just a softbrick, at least you can go to Clockworkmod Recovery, you can still recover your dead cellphone unlike to hardbrick which will go to a very complicated steps.