I've been having a bit of a hard time with a friend's Skyrocket tonight. I flashed CM9 for her before, and it seems to work well. In the past two to three weeks, though, she tells me that her phone's been randomly turning off. Tonight, I finally decided to install CM10 on the Skyrocket, thinking that this would fix the issue. I installed it through CWM like normal (I've flashed many a ROM, so I couldn't have messed up this process).
With everything installed, I reboot through CWM. The issue is, the phone just goes black. After pulling the battery and trying to boot again, I see the Samsung logo, followed by a black screen. The phone sort of pulsates for a bit at this point, giving me a short vibration here and there, before finally stopping. Attempting to get into recovery doesn't work either. I also, due to me not being used to the download mode feature (I personally have a Galaxy Nexus), accidentally tried to start it by holding the power and volume buttons (rather than holding volume and plugging the phone in, not touching power). The yellow triangle would show up very briefly, and then the phone shuts off.
When getting into download mode the proper way, I was able to get into Odin and flash CWM again. At this point, I should definitely be able to get into Recovery. But alas, I cannot... Same issues as before. At this point, it's revealed to me that, after the random shutoffs that my friend had been experiencing, she would sometimes also have trouble turning the phone back on. Noticing a trend?
I'd like to know what you guys think: Is this a software issue, or is it a hardware issue? For the former, what do you guys recommend so the phone could boot normally again? And for the latter, well... I don't suppose there are any easy hardware fixes I could try?
If you pull the battery and reinsert does the phone start on its own with no button pushes? If so... Stuck power button.
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If you pull the battery and reinsert does the phone start on its own with no button pushes? If so... Stuck power button.
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Nope, not at all. I need to press the power button for it to start.
It'd flash back to stock with Odin and then go from there.
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It'd flash back to stock with Odin and then go from there.
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I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't try flashing to stock because I figured it would work, but somehow, it did. I still feel that there's something wrong with the power button, and I'll be doing some more testing, but for now, everything's okay. Thanks for your help.
I bet you can reflash cm10 and it'll work fine. Just do a factory reset and the wipes and you'll be fine.
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Wipe ALL the things, then Odin back to stock and reinstall. I'd bet that solves it
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the newest modem works great. one MAJOR issue though. a few days after i installed it i got a random reboot. i thought it was no big deal. it happened again and now im stuck in an endless bootloop/ i took the battery out n put it back in and the samsung logo pops up WITHOUT me pressing ANY buttons. any help? im on GMIUI BTW. but this rom didnt have issuse with flashing modems until now, i cant access dl mode or cwm or anything.
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the newest modem works great. one MAJOR issue though. a few days after i installed it i got a random reboot. i thought it was no big deal. it happened again and now im stuck in an endless bootloop/ i took the battery out n put it back in and the samsung logo pops up WITHOUT me pressing ANY buttons. any help? im on GMIUI BTW. but this rom didnt have issuse with flashing modems until now, i cant access dl mode or cwm or anything.
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Totally dumb but did you try to odin it without putting in battery? ie pull battery, hold volume buttons, then plug in usb...just throw the battery in before you flash. Just a thought.
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Totally dumb but did you try to odin it without putting in battery? ie pull battery, hold volume buttons, then plug in usb...just throw the battery in before you flash. Just a thought.
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yes i did. i tried everything. cannot access dl mode
I'm guessing you might need to jtag...wish I had something else for you.
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Or try heimdall....especially if will just hang on the Samsung logo.
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long story short, the g2x isn't mine but i have plenty of experience rooting android devices. the power button on this one is going so it's days are numbered but atm it's completely unusable as a phone. there's an issue as well with the sdcard. the rom i put on it isn't on it. it showed the file being transferred but for whatever reason it's not there. i checked internal/external....nothing.
so where i'm at now.....the phone's been wiped so powering on the device gets me nowhere. it's getting more difficult to get it to turn on at all so i'm having difficulty getting into recovery. i know it's volume down & power but is there a timing you need to get down? seems it either freezes trying to boot regularly or i go to the s/w screen. any help would be appreciated.
power and volume combo til you see the bluish purple LG logo.
I am not sure what method you used for recovery, but this is the thread I recomend. Follow that and let us know if it works out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Re-flash the rom to your sd card.
My lg symbol is white. As soon as I see it, it goes straight to the s/w screen. Would love to flash something again, just cannot until I get into recovery. Thanks for the responses but I'm afraid this ones dead Jim.
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My lg symbol is white. As soon as I see it, it goes straight to the s/w screen. Would love to flash something again, just cannot until I get into recovery. Thanks for the responses but I'm afraid this ones dead Jim.
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Use the link the guy posted above me don't be a quitter lol, this phone is 99.9% brickable.
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Use the link the guy posted above me don't be a quitter lol, this phone is 99.9% brickable.
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oh i know it's not bricked. my fingers tips are freaking sore from doing this all night/morning. just trying to turn it on without messing with the volume only works so often. it's just the power button being worn/defective. makes getting it into recovery that much more difficult.
Hope everything gets solved. Try the link it should work.
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can't power on a device using adb sadly .
unless anyone ever came across an image file for your sdcard by chance for the g2x i think it's toast. what's a g2x that doesn't boot worth for battery/parts on craigslist?
Usually what I do is hold power+vol down til i see the lg screen, then let go of the power button but continue holding the volume down button.
Rom for recovery will get you back to stock 2.3.3,check the dev forum.
Just make sure you have apx drivers installed then u just nvflash! Make sure you hold both volume up/down the whole time or it wont work.
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Rom for recovery will get you back to stock 2.3.3,check the dev forum.
Just make sure you have apx drivers installed then u just nvflash! Make sure you hold both volume up/down the whole time or it wont work.
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the problem is it wont turn on the power button is faulty or something...
My advice before parting it out... get it to boot to the lg logo again (hopefully) and then use adb I'm almost positive it will recognize it at the 1st splash screen. If not that then take it apart and with out the case I'm sure you can see what is causing the issue and fix it probably.
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Don't know if it would work or not but I'm thinking adb reboot recovery command would do it. If we can get it to show up in adb things can be done for it.
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You don't even need to use the power button for rom for recovery, like I said b4 only holding both volume up/down the whole process will restore the phone back to stock gb rom. After the process is done it automagically reboots the phone, might I suggest an app called button remapper as well.. it can make a useless button (the search button imo) turn into your new power on/off solution.
Hope this helps!
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never knew about the button remapper.....have discovered it since things went poopy already.
in any case, adb is recognizing it. never thought that it might, so thanks for the heads up there. however, typing "adb reboot recovery" isn't getting me anywhere. i haven't messed with the recovery but even trying to reflash a recovery just leaves me hanging at "waiting for devices"? can't even seem to get into fastboot mode either. appreciate all the help & advice everyone, thank you.
Have you tried the directions in this link yet?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
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never knew about the button remapper.....have discovered it since things went poopy already.
in any case, adb is recognizing it. never thought that it might, so thanks for the heads up there. however, typing "adb reboot recovery" isn't getting me anywhere. i haven't messed with the recovery but even trying to reflash a recovery just leaves me hanging at "waiting for devices"? can't even seem to get into fastboot mode either. appreciate all the help & advice everyone, thank you.
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Ok, first off, sorry about the reboot command, I didn't mean to communicate that that was the exact command. For what I do I usually use Droid Explorer. Which I think may be better in this situation. If it's waiting for devices (unless it's waiting for the device to reboot) then it didn't connect to the phone. But if it did connect then I have an idea. Can you clarify, for my tired mind, what you're meaning with being Connected and waiting for devices.
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ok....was able to restore to stock.....rerooted.....have a working recovery again. thank you everyone. i've been through a few different phones and i have to say, it's refreshing to be on xda and have this kind of a response.
on another note, i found buttonremapper but it doesn't seem to work for the g2x (or at least mine). i know cm7 can use the volume to wake the phone. that was what was on the phone before things went bad but it wasn't working. i have no idea how old of a nightly it was though either so i suppose i'll start with that.
big thanks again to everyone!
sincerely larry
Hi,
I rooted my phone today and everything worked fine, I then went to CWrecovery to flash the liquidsmooth rom I downloaded. I selected to reboot device after a successful install but now it won't turn on, no screen, led, etc. if I plug into computer I get a contection noise from my computer but thats it. Can't boot into download mode or recovery... What can I do to fix?
thanks
Did you unlock and flash a custom bootloader?
I think so. I rooted/unlocked bootloader.
Did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439&nocache=1
For Both Root and Unlocked Bootloader ***RECOMMENDED*** - Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader to your SD Card
Then tried to flash LiquidSmooth from forum.
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I think so. I rooted/unlocked bootloader.
Did this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2046439&nocache=1
For Both Root and Unlocked Bootloader ***RECOMMENDED*** - Download SuperSU + Unlocked Bootloader to your SD Card
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Did you wipe data factory reset prior to flashing the rom?
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no i didn't
If you forgot to wipe the phone would still attempt to boot. It just might send you into a bootloop
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Yeah except I can't get it to boot at all. No response to turning on, pulled battery, waited 30 minutes, then tried to boot again. nothing. not even the LED. now if I leave the battery out and plug the phone in to the computer the LED turns on but that's it. At the computer end I get the sound for plugging in a USB device, however it doesn't do anything else and there were no drivers for the device: QHSUSB_DLOAD.
Is it hard bricked?
Try getting into recovery by holding volume up+home button +power button at the same time. Hold it for a few seconds and it should vibrate and one the Samsung logo comes on you could let go. At this point I would either try re flashing or restore your most recent backup download another rom and try again.
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Try getting into recovery by holding volume up+home button +power button at the same time. Hold it for a few seconds and it should vibrate and one the Samsung logo comes on you could let go. At this point I would either try re flashing or restore your most recent backup download another rom and try again.
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Tried that, as well at the Vol Down+ home+ power. Neither worked, no vibrate or screen boot.
Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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My friend had this happen (not rooted), she took it in to Verizon and they got it going by holding VOL UP and DOWN, and then POWER.
I'd never heard of this technique, but it worked for her.
Post the link and exact file name of the rom you flashed.
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I just had the same thing happen, cleanrom 5.6 and tried flashing perseus kernel when it failed, now i have this
mikeman45 said:
Take your battery out for at least 5 minutes than put on the charger for awhile (couple hours) than try again. If none of this works hero had a wire up on how to fix your soft brick phone that might help. If your bootloader wasn't unlocked I'm not sure what to do to fix that. I hope you get it going. I'll post that link if I find it.
EDIT : read this post. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30386309
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Will the liquidsmooth i9305 rom brick a i9300 device forever?
Recently my power button took a crap on me, and about the same time I noticed j cannot boit into recovery. I've tried multiple different ways, and every time it just boot loops. Shows me the Samsung logo then a black screen and repeats forever. The only way I can get out of the loop is to pull battery and enter download mode then reboot. I've tried reinstalling the newest recovery again also. Anyone have any bright ideas? I can't wipe anything or install anything new, and I'm getting frustrated. :banghead:
Thank you ahead of time
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Load goo.im from the market, flash twrp, then use the app to reboot to recovery?
You can use Quick Boot app, which lets you go to recovery using single click shortcut/widget
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"Adb reboot recovery" from your computer or go into terminal in your phone and "su" then "reboot recovery"
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Tried all of these with the same results
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Which recovery are you actively using (or trying to)? If its cwm, are you sure you got the right one for our phone? Download ROM manager and let it flash the correct cwm and then try rebooting if that still doesn't work odin the phone to stock, reroot and attempt again
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I sent my GS3 in with the same problem. The phone power button started to do crazy things and would not stay in download mode or in recovery mode long enough to flash anything. They are sending it back fixed today. Samsung knows about the motherboard going bad on these devices but they wont tell you about it.
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I sent my GS3 in with the same problem. The phone power button started to do crazy things and would not stay in download mode or in recovery mode long enough to flash anything. They are sending it back fixed today. Samsung knows about the motherboard going bad on these devices but they wont tell you about it.
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How long of a turn around was it? I think that is the only solution. Also, did you deal with samsung directly? What did you tell them?
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Yup called them directly. I told them that it was rooted but had a hardware problem. They told me that I can send it in since it was still under manufacturers warranty and they would tell me if it could be fixed. Sent it in on May 28th. Just got email that they are sending it back fixed.
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Hmm awesome. I'm not sure if mine is still under warranty but ima call tomo. Thanks
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Wish I saw this earlier. But the easiest way to boot into recovery without a power button is using terminal emulator.
Type in
Su
Reboot recovery
Same can be done for download mode.
Edit: nevermind, this was already mentioned.
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so i tried to revert back to stock last night using odin and something went terribly wrong. still believe it is due to my power button. i got one section as failed and one as passed in odin. the phone shut off at the end and said it was rebooting, but it never did. eventually i unplugged it and tried to get it on with no luck. if i pull the battery and reinsert it, the phone vibrates, and i get a screen that says "Samsung, custom" with and unlocked pad lock. i have never seen this screen before. i also can only get to download mode for about 2-3 seconds before the screen goes black again. So i cannot retry the process, i now have a brick. Anyone have any suggestions? i was going to send it back to samsung today, but i don't believe they will touch it in this state.
reading up on hard bricks, and mine doesn't seem to be quite that since i can get into download mode. It just doesn't stay there, the screen turns off after a few seconds. obviously not long enough to odin. any help would be GREATLY appreciated. i now have no phone... this shall be interesting with the lady friend :laugh:
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reading up on hard bricks, and mine doesn't seem to be quite that since i can get into download mode. It just doesn't stay there, the screen turns off after a few seconds. obviously not long enough to odin. any help would be GREATLY appreciated. i now have no phone... this shall be interesting with the lady friend :laugh:
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As long as you get into download mode you're still ok. Send it into samsung and tell them your issue with the power button. They will fix your hardware issue and will load the stock rom back onto your phone.
I don't think they care as long as your phone isn't hard bricked. I'm sure they use odin anyways to update every phone that comes out of their service center.
Can anyone confirm this is correct?
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As long as you get into download mode you're still ok. Send it into samsung and tell them your issue with the power button. They will fix your hardware issue and will load the stock rom back onto your phone.
I don't think they care as long as your phone isn't hard bricked. I'm sure they use odin anyways to update every phone that comes out of their service center.
Can anyone confirm this is correct?
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i never thought they would even consider it since it was rooted. i called them up and it is being sent in tomorrow. i really appreciate it man. :good:
This is the Q&A for the unofficial CM 10.2 for the SGS4G.
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Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.
So, apart from GPS not working, as far as you know everything basic is working well?
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Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.
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Yeo, it is. I didn't touch anything related to the recovery except the recovery fstab that I must update to b compatible w the new JB so idk if I have to do anything else to have that feature back or it was CWM by default then, I will find out bout it soon.
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So, apart from GPS not working, as far as you know everything basic is working well?
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Damn... I thought there was a chance GPS would somehow be possible I'm starting to think its wishful thinking... Come on samsung
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Is it just me or is fix permission missing from CWM.
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I believe koush decided to throw away the fix permissions button in CWM because he said it was largely placebo effect and had no real purpose anymore.
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Thanks for all the solutions and answers that I have collected from users around here, I have been able to update the OP for the FAQ (post 3) in the main thread. So either a question is answered here or not, please also have a look over the FAQ @ post 3 in the dev thread to track down the answered common questions, thanks .
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so do you know if external mics work on this Rom?
Ok guys i have flashed near every rom this phone has ever had and never ran into a bootloop problem. So i had CH 10.2 on my phone for 2 days with no hiccups. Then today after letting my phone die completely "battery death" i pluged it in and now it keeps bootlooping and i cant get it into recovery if i hold down volume down + power it loops at the galaxy s 4g starting screen. If i let it go of the power button at the correct time it just bootloops. anyone have any ideas?
http://www.android.com/about/jelly-bean/
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Ok guys i have flashed near every rom this phone has ever had and never ran into a bootloop problem. So i had CH 10.2 on my phone for 2 days with no hiccups. Then today after letting my phone die completely "battery death" i pluged it in and now it keeps bootlooping and i cant get it into recovery if i hold down volume down + power it loops at the galaxy s 4g starting screen. If i let it go of the power button at the correct time it just bootloops. anyone have any ideas?
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The Recovery Is Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button
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The Recovery Is Volume Up + Volume Down + Power Button
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Ok if i hold that combo it loops the galaxy s 4g splash screen if i hold the combo then let go of the power button at any time during the splash or right when it turns to black then it just normally boots into the Cyanogen boot screen then sits there spinning for going on 2 hours then i just pull the battery any ideas?
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Ok if i hold that combo it loops the galaxy s 4g splash screen if i hold the combo then let go of the power button at any time during the splash or right when it turns to black then it just normally boots into the Cyanogen boot screen then sits there spinning for going on 2 hours then i just pull the battery any ideas?
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Battery Pull. Hold Vol Up + Vol Down + Power. Whenever The Samsung Galaxy S 4G Splash Screen Comes On, Let Go Of The Power Button And Keep The Volume Buttons Held Down. Should Take You To Recovery
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OMG YES!!! I have no idea what i did but i pressed the combo when i plugged it into my computer and it looped the battery screen twice then went straight into CWM recovery did not go through the splash screen like a normal CWM recovery start but whatever i got to remove the rom and flash the new Slim Rom . Anyone have any idea what could have caused this just so i know what to or what not to do in the future ?
Try using adb
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To get to CWM recovery on this ROM, simply download 'Quick Boot' application and use it to get to recovery. It works.
Apex launcher crashes as well. I think issue is ROM related. Also, ROM is very heavy, I couldn't find why.
Edit: ROM is snappier after using CM performance features and letting cache do its work.
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That's not very helpful if you can't get past the CyanogenMod splash though.
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I got through the splash screen on 1st try.
You should check if you worked according to ROM instructions.
I usually always format system as well as wipe everything twice before flashing any new ROM.
I was referring to :
1. the lack of recovery button on power menu.
2. The inability to use hardware keys to get to recovery after flashing this ROM.
Heimdall One-click (in download mode) and try again.
You're right - I missed that option in developer features - it's called 'advanced reboot options'.
I'd suggest you get to download mode - one click heimdall and reflash this ROM after dowble wiping dalvik, cache, and format system.
I've flashed numerous ROMS to my phone before but have never ran into a problem like this.
-I went back to stock
-flashed CM7, as recommended from the OP
-downloaded and flashed CM10.2 but it gets stuck around 75%
I've been on this thread, and the rom thread as well as waiting a bit, hoping to find a solution or it figures itself out. Nothing! Is it unsafe to pull my battery when its at 'Installing update' (75%) for an extended period of time?
Also, i am on CWM 5.0.2.8
Thanks
I flashed it from ICS (Ultragen) and had no problem.
You can try that as well.